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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... followed what seems to be the most widely accepted order . But related ideas were fermenting together in Shakespeare's mind , and it is very possible that he , like Goethe , or com- posers like Beethoven or Wagner , was habitually ...
... followed what seems to be the most widely accepted order . But related ideas were fermenting together in Shakespeare's mind , and it is very possible that he , like Goethe , or com- posers like Beethoven or Wagner , was habitually ...
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... followed out . He gives a long account of Catholic exorcisms and witch - findings , of antiquarian interest but only slenderly connected with King Lear . Hariot's well - known description of the early settlement of Virginia is likewise ...
... followed out . He gives a long account of Catholic exorcisms and witch - findings , of antiquarian interest but only slenderly connected with King Lear . Hariot's well - known description of the early settlement of Virginia is likewise ...
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... followed on from his English Histories , where political ambition was the dominant motive , and was taken for granted as such . Shakespearian tragedy is rooted in history ' , as Frye says ( Fools 14 ) . Verbal echoes from the Histories ...
... followed on from his English Histories , where political ambition was the dominant motive , and was taken for granted as such . Shakespearian tragedy is rooted in history ' , as Frye says ( Fools 14 ) . Verbal echoes from the Histories ...
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... followed close on these two plays . His own family had Catholic connections . It is conceivable that somewhere about that time he found himself on the fringes of a conspiracy among his high - born acquaintances ; one or two of the ...
... followed close on these two plays . His own family had Catholic connections . It is conceivable that somewhere about that time he found himself on the fringes of a conspiracy among his high - born acquaintances ; one or two of the ...
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... followed by Shakespeare , and by Chapman , active as a writer of plays until about 1610. He died , as many Elizabethan writers lived , in poverty . Still to come were Tourneur , born about 1575 , Middleton in 1580 , Webster about 1580 ...
... followed by Shakespeare , and by Chapman , active as a writer of plays until about 1610. He died , as many Elizabethan writers lived , in poverty . Still to come were Tourneur , born about 1575 , Middleton in 1580 , Webster about 1580 ...
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Eight Tragedies of Shakespeare: A Marxist Study Victor Gordon Kiernan Fragmentarisk förhandsgranskning - 1996 |
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