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Shakespeare

By Nicolas Tredell

Shakespeare Drama

Shakespeare

By Nicolas Tredell

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Shakespeare's tragedies are among the greatest works of tragic art and have attracted a rich range of commentary and interpretation from leading creative and critical minds. This Reader's Guide offers a comprehensive survey of the key criticism on the tragedies, from the 17th century through to the present day. In this book, Nicolas Tredell: - Introduces essential concepts, themes and debates. - Relates Shakespeare's tragedies to fi elds of study including psychoanalysis, gender, race, ecology and philosophy. - Summarises major critical texts from Dryden and Dr Johnson to Janet Adelman and Julia Reinhard Lupton, and covers influential critical movements such as New Criticism, New Historicism and poststructuralism. - Demonstrates how key critical approaches work in practice, with close reference to Shakespeare's texts. Informed and incisive, this is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in how the category of Shakespeare's tragedies has been constructed, contested and changed over the years.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
216
Release Date:
2014-12-12
Publication Date:
2014-12-12
Publisher:
Red Globe Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1137404884
ISBN13:
9781137404886
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
279 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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