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Eight tragedies of Shakespeare : a Marxist study

In this companion volume to Shakespeare: Poet and Citizen, Victor Kiernan sets out to rescue Shakespearean studies from the increasingly solipsistic terrain of literary criticism, focusing on historical location as a means to understanding his work
Print Book, English, 1996
Verso, London, 1996
Criticism, interpretation, etc
296 pages ; 24 cm
9781859849545, 9781859840894, 1859849547, 1859840892
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pt. I. Programmatic
pt. II. Introductory. 1. The Condition of England. 2. The Theatre. 3. Shakespeare and Tragedy. 4. The Tragic Road. 5. The Others
pt. III. The Plays. 1. Julius Caesar (1598-99). 2. Hamlet (1600-01). 3. Othello (1603-04). 4. King Lear (1605-06). 5. Macbeth (1606). 6. Timon of Athens (1606-08). 7. Antony and Cleopatra (1606-08). 8. Coriolanus (1608)
pt. IV. Tragic Themes. 1. The Hero. 2. Villains and Revengers. 3. Man and Superman. 4. War. 5. Political Shadows. 6. Women and Men. 7. Religion and Philosophy. 8. Endings and Beginnings