Eight Tragedies of ShakespeareBloomsbury Publishing, 15 feb. 2016 - 309 sidor 'This book rests on a lifetime's thinking about history. It helps us see Shakespeare in “a more realistic light”.' Times Literary Supplement The seventeenth century saw the brief flowering of tragic drama across Western Europe. And in the plays of William Shakespeare, this form of drama found its greatest exponent. These Tragedies, Kiernan argues, represented the artistic expression of a new social and political consciousness which permeated every aspect of life in this period. In this book, Kiernan sets out to rescue the Tragedies from the reductionist interpretations of mainstream literary criticism, by uncovering the wider historical context which shaped Shakespeare's writings. Opening with an overview of contemporary England, the development of the theatre, and a portrait of Shakespeare as a writer, Kiernan goes on to provide an in-depth analysis of eight of his Tragedies – from Julius Caesar to Coriolanus – drawing out their contrasts and recurring themes, and exploring their attitudes to monarchy, war, religion, philosophy, and changing relations between men and women. Featuring a new introduction by Terry Eagleton, this is an invaluable resource for those looking for a new perspective on Shakespeare's writings. |
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... Hamlet instructed his actors that the business of art was to hold a mirror up to nature : human nature , that is , and its social setting . Dr Johnson in turn found Shakespeare's greatest quality in his fidelity to truth and reality ...
... Hamlet instructed his actors that the business of art was to hold a mirror up to nature : human nature , that is , and its social setting . Dr Johnson in turn found Shakespeare's greatest quality in his fidelity to truth and reality ...
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... Hamlet cannot be here to read some of this meta - criticism . Its business of course is to suggest great profundity , like that of the coffee - house politician who sees through all things with his half - closed eyes ' , or like ...
... Hamlet cannot be here to read some of this meta - criticism . Its business of course is to suggest great profundity , like that of the coffee - house politician who sees through all things with his half - closed eyes ' , or like ...
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... Hamlet on patient merit unrewarded , and the insolence of office ( II.218 , 220 , 225 ) . He had plenty of sympathy , though no remedy , for the hardships of the poor , of mine - workers for instance ( II.151 , 186-8 ) . Burton dwelt ...
... Hamlet on patient merit unrewarded , and the insolence of office ( II.218 , 220 , 225 ) . He had plenty of sympathy , though no remedy , for the hardships of the poor , of mine - workers for instance ( II.151 , 186-8 ) . Burton dwelt ...
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... Hamlet , we are hearing of actors , capable of performing all the miscellaneous species of play catalogued by Polonius ( II.ii.363 ff . ) . Their being complimented with this honorific title shows at least that tragedy was recognized as ...
... Hamlet , we are hearing of actors , capable of performing all the miscellaneous species of play catalogued by Polonius ( II.ii.363 ff . ) . Their being complimented with this honorific title shows at least that tragedy was recognized as ...
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... Hamlet 51 ff . ) . Shakespeare made haste to turn away from him in the first tragedies , where he could find heroes ready to face the most hazardous tasks for no advantage of their own . But Brutus and Hamlet perish with their duty only ...
... Hamlet 51 ff . ) . Shakespeare made haste to turn away from him in the first tragedies , where he could find heroes ready to face the most hazardous tasks for no advantage of their own . But Brutus and Hamlet perish with their duty only ...
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Eight Tragedies of Shakespeare: A Marxist Study Victor Gordon Kiernan Fragmentarisk förhandsgranskning - 1996 |
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