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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... Monarchy stood at the pinnacle , and Shakespeare has been proclaimed a zealous loyalist . ( In truth , his tributes to the throne are not very many , and must be weighed against his numerous condemnations of particular rulers . ) Strong ...
... Monarchy stood at the pinnacle , and Shakespeare has been proclaimed a zealous loyalist . ( In truth , his tributes to the throne are not very many , and must be weighed against his numerous condemnations of particular rulers . ) Strong ...
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... monarchy and like all Utopias , as A.L. Morton said in his study of them ( 83 ) a fixed , permanent constitution . Its author must surely have been too wise to suppose that England , beset with so many social shifts and discords , could ...
... monarchy and like all Utopias , as A.L. Morton said in his study of them ( 83 ) a fixed , permanent constitution . Its author must surely have been too wise to suppose that England , beset with so many social shifts and discords , could ...
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... monarchy was in the saddle , busy with varying success in expanding its autocracy further , and fighting its neighbours for territory . Spain and the Ottoman or Turkish empire were the two examples of success often looked up to . In ...
... monarchy was in the saddle , busy with varying success in expanding its autocracy further , and fighting its neighbours for territory . Spain and the Ottoman or Turkish empire were the two examples of success often looked up to . In ...
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... monarchy and its allies - including public opinion . Classes as well as nations and individuals are ' betrayed by what is false within ' ; the overthrow of the baronage had to be , as Shakespeare showed it , its own work , or the ...
... monarchy and its allies - including public opinion . Classes as well as nations and individuals are ' betrayed by what is false within ' ; the overthrow of the baronage had to be , as Shakespeare showed it , its own work , or the ...
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... monarchy ; in the northern lands it was something of a misfit . A pamphleteer was expressing common opinion when he wrote that Pride , Riot , and Whoredom ' were the young courtier's companions , and that the court was no place to look ...
... monarchy ; in the northern lands it was something of a misfit . A pamphleteer was expressing common opinion when he wrote that Pride , Riot , and Whoredom ' were the young courtier's companions , and that the court was no place to look ...
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Eight Tragedies of Shakespeare: A Marxist Study Victor Gordon Kiernan Fragmentarisk förhandsgranskning - 1996 |
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