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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... woman was on the throne for forty - five years . Some women who were not making history were writing it in the early seventeenth century ( see Brant and Purkis ) . Women were active in religious movements ; after the Restoration there ...
... woman was on the throne for forty - five years . Some women who were not making history were writing it in the early seventeenth century ( see Brant and Purkis ) . Women were active in religious movements ; after the Restoration there ...
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... woman's charm began as a witch's spell , made more effective by being given the shape of a song ( ' carmen " ) . Soldiers have had marching songs to keep them going when they were ready to drop with weariness . In the Habsburg empire a ...
... woman's charm began as a witch's spell , made more effective by being given the shape of a song ( ' carmen " ) . Soldiers have had marching songs to keep them going when they were ready to drop with weariness . In the Habsburg empire a ...
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... woman's alleged sin , but with what appears to be a prevalent social malady . Moreover the historical accompaniment , the conflict with Turkey , does not end with the wrecking of the Turkish fleet : it is a largely silent but eloquent ...
... woman's alleged sin , but with what appears to be a prevalent social malady . Moreover the historical accompaniment , the conflict with Turkey , does not end with the wrecking of the Turkish fleet : it is a largely silent but eloquent ...
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Eight Tragedies of Shakespeare: A Marxist Study Victor Gordon Kiernan Fragmentarisk förhandsgranskning - 1996 |
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