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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818810803321

Autore

Clemen Wolfgang

Titolo

The Development of Shakespeare's Imagery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

0-203-70847-4

1-299-47778-X

1-135-03286-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Shakespeare ; ; v. 9

Disciplina

822.3/3

Soggetti

English

Languages & Literatures

English Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHAKESPEARE'S IMAGERY; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR: LOOKING BACK OVER FORTY YEARS; I. INTRODUCTION; 2. IMAGERY IN THE HISTORY OF SHAKESPEARE CRITICISM; PART I THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMAGERY IN THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE'S EARLY AND MIDDLE PERIOD; 3· Titus Andronicus; 4· THE EARLY COMEDIES; 5· Henry VI; 6. Richard III; 7· Richard II; 8. Romeo and Juliet; 9· LANGUAGE AND IMAGERY IN SHAKESPEARE'S MIDDLE PERIOD; 10. THE DRAMATIC FUNCTION OF THE IMAGES IN PLAYS OF THE MIDDLE PERIOD

PART II THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMAGERY IN SHAKESPEARE'S GREAT TRAGEDIES11. INTRODUCTORY; 12. Hamlet; 13· Othello; 14· King Lear; 15· Coriolanus; 16. Antony and Cleopatra; 17· Timon of Athens; PART III THE IMAGERY IN THE ""ROMANCES""; 18. INTRODUCTORY; 19. The Tempest; 20. The Winter's Tale; 21. Cymbeline; PART IV SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1951. The edition reprints the second, updated, edition, of 1977.  When first published this book quickly established itself as the standard survey of Shakespeare's imagery considered as an



integral part of the development of Shakespeare's dramatic art. By illustrating, through the use of examples the progressive stages of Shakespeare's use of imagery, and in relating it to the structure, style and subject matter of the plays, the book throws new light on the dramatist's creative genius.  The second edition includes a new preface and an up-to-date bibliograph