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The plays of Shakespeare : a thematic guide / Victor L. Cahn.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR2987 .C28 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cahn, Victor L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Themes, motives.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Themes, motives.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Outlines and syllabi.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 361 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- Identifies the core topics of Shakespeare's plays and allows students to compare and contrast the thematic connections that recur throughout the canon.
- Contents:
- Acting 1
- Appearance versus Reality 9
- Clerics 23
- Commoners 35
- Cynicism 45
- Divine Right 53
- Fate 63
- Fathers and Daughters 71
- Fidelity 81
- Fools 89
- Forgiveness 99
- Gender 107
- Generations 117
- Honor 127
- Innocence 135
- Intoxication 143
- Justice 151
- Language 161
- Love and Romance 171
- Machiavels 187
- Madness 199
- Male Friendship 211
- Marriage 219
- Money 229
- Mortality 237
- Nationalistic Pride and Prejudice 245
- Nature 255
- Order 263
- Politics 273
- Power 285
- Reason versus Passion 295
- Revenge 305
- Supernatural Phenomena 315
- The Tragic Flaw 325
- War 335.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-348) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313309817
- OCLC:
- 43403474
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