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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461872803321

Autore

Smith Emma

Titolo

Shakespeare's Tragedies [[electronic resource] ] : A Guide to Criticism

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2008

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (380 p.)

Collana

Blackwell Guides to Criticism ; ; v.25

Disciplina

822.33

Soggetti

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Shakespeare, William

Tragedy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Shakespeare's Tragedies; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Criticism 1590-1904; 1 Before Bradley: Criticism 1590-1904; Part II: Twentieth-century Criticism; 2 Genre: An Overview; 3 Genre: Critical Extracts; King Lear and Essentialist Humanism; Coriolanus and Interpretations of Politics; 4 Character: An Overview; 5 Character: Critical Extracts; The Resources of Characterization in Othello; The Woman in Hamlet: An Interpersonal View; 6 Language: An Overview; 7 Language: Critical Extracts; Antony and Cleopatra; Imperfect Speakers; 8 Gender and Sexuality: An Overview

9 Gender and Sexuality: Critical ExtractsThe Daughter's Seduction in Titus Andronicus; Femininity and the Monstrous in Othello; 10 History and Politics: An Overview; 11 History and Politics: Critical Extracts; Macbeth and the 'Name of King'; 'Is This a Holiday?' Shakespeare's Roman Carnival; 12 Texts: An Overview; 13 Texts: Critical Extracts; Quarto and Folio King Lear; Bad Taste and Bad Hamlet; 14 Performance: An Overview; 15 Performance: Critical Extracts; Titus Andronicus; Baz Luhrmann's Millennial Shakespeare; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This Guide steers students through the critical writing on Shakespeare's tragedies from the sixteenth century to the present day. Guides



students through four centuries of critical writing on Shakespeare's tragedies. Covers both significant early views and recent critical interventions. Substantial editorial material links the articles and places them in context. Annotated suggestions for further reading allow students to investigate further.