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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... turn , and discussion of questions arising in all or many of them . As L.C. Knights said , it is needful to take an all - round view of a drama as an experience in itself ( 19-20 ) , but it is important as well to observe it as part of ...
... turn , and discussion of questions arising in all or many of them . As L.C. Knights said , it is needful to take an all - round view of a drama as an experience in itself ( 19-20 ) , but it is important as well to observe it as part of ...
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... turning back , like the Renaissance , but to medieval theology and austerity , though not to celibacy and monastic ... turn found Shakespeare's greatest quality in his fidelity to truth and reality , his holding up ' a faithful mirrour ...
... turning back , like the Renaissance , but to medieval theology and austerity , though not to celibacy and monastic ... turn found Shakespeare's greatest quality in his fidelity to truth and reality , his holding up ' a faithful mirrour ...
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... turning him into a kind of robot , or android , bereft of human sensation , indifferent to any human claims . Such a view suited the school known as the ' New Criticism ' , which treated literary works as ' self - sufficient objects ...
... turning him into a kind of robot , or android , bereft of human sensation , indifferent to any human claims . Such a view suited the school known as the ' New Criticism ' , which treated literary works as ' self - sufficient objects ...
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... turning away from mechanical formulations . standardized in the USSR . Williams began by looking back at eighteenth- century innovations , and the thought of history as not only in motion , but over long periods moving forward . Karl ...
... turning away from mechanical formulations . standardized in the USSR . Williams began by looking back at eighteenth- century innovations , and the thought of history as not only in motion , but over long periods moving forward . Karl ...
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... turn helps to remould this . The present work is the second part of a scrutiny of Shakespeare's writings and outlook in the light of Marxist theory . Having been a Marxist all his working life , its author has learned enough at least to ...
... turn helps to remould this . The present work is the second part of a scrutiny of Shakespeare's writings and outlook in the light of Marxist theory . Having been a Marxist all his working life , its author has learned enough at least to ...
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Eight Tragedies of Shakespeare: A Marxist Study Victor Gordon Kiernan Fragmentarisk förhandsgranskning - 1996 |
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