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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... open their minds . When civil war broke out in England in 1642 its causes , and the war - aims of Cavaliers and Roundheads , were too hazy ( sometimes deliberately so ) to excite the masses EIGHT TRAGEDIES OF SHAKESPEARE.
... open their minds . When civil war broke out in England in 1642 its causes , and the war - aims of Cavaliers and Roundheads , were too hazy ( sometimes deliberately so ) to excite the masses EIGHT TRAGEDIES OF SHAKESPEARE.
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... Portugal , the original modern imperialists , were encountering their would - be successors . France was recovering from long civil wars . Germany was soon to fall into the chaos of Europe's Thirty Years War ( 1618-48 ) , 232 INTRODUCTORY.
... Portugal , the original modern imperialists , were encountering their would - be successors . France was recovering from long civil wars . Germany was soon to fall into the chaos of Europe's Thirty Years War ( 1618-48 ) , 232 INTRODUCTORY.
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... Civil Wars . The process of supplanting was to be extremely slow and piecemeal . Elsewhere too contests between these two classes have very seldom been fought out sword in hand . In the earlier stages , when lords were high and haughty ...
... Civil Wars . The process of supplanting was to be extremely slow and piecemeal . Elsewhere too contests between these two classes have very seldom been fought out sword in hand . In the earlier stages , when lords were high and haughty ...
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... civil strife ; they can all be regarded as tragedies of Rome itself . Julius Caesar and Hamlet , the opening pair , might be called ' problem tragedies , because the hero in each case suffers from painful doubts and hesitations about ...
... civil strife ; they can all be regarded as tragedies of Rome itself . Julius Caesar and Hamlet , the opening pair , might be called ' problem tragedies , because the hero in each case suffers from painful doubts and hesitations about ...
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... Civil War ; when the theatres reopened after 1660 he was the one most eagerly restored to the stage , as Charles II was to the throne . During the next century he got more and more of the limelight ; Pope , Johnson , Warburton , edited ...
... Civil War ; when the theatres reopened after 1660 he was the one most eagerly restored to the stage , as Charles II was to the throne . During the next century he got more and more of the limelight ; Pope , Johnson , Warburton , edited ...
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Eight Tragedies of Shakespeare: A Marxist Study Victor Gordon Kiernan Fragmentarisk förhandsgranskning - 1996 |
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