Innocent victims [[electronic resource] ] : poetic injustice in Shakespearean tragedy / / R.S. White

• Autore: White R. S. <1948->
• Pubblicazione: London, : Athlone Press, 1986
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (160 p.)
• Disciplina: 184; 822.33
• Soggetto topico: Victims in literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface to second edition; I: Fore Thoughts; II: Innocent Victims; III: Lavinia; IV: Lucrece; V: Children; VI: Ophelia; VII: Desdemona; VIII: Cordelia; IX: After Thoughts; Appendix: Critics and Victims; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a revised version of the book which was privately published by the author in 1982. At the time, the book was widely welcomed by Shakespearean scholars as a trenchant, scholarly and highly original contribution to the field of Shakespearean studies. The book's argument is that a full response to Shakespearean tragedy has to take account of the fate of the victims as well as of the tragic heroes and this thesis is illustrated and developed by a consideration of Lavinia, Lucrece and the children in Richard III, Macbeth and King John; and to the thee principal Shakespearean tragic victims,
• Titolo autorizzato: Innocent victims
• ISBN: 1-281-78347-1; 9786611783471; 0-567-61849-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820192303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II