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Shakespeare's tragedies / edited by Emma Smith.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR2983 .S4499 2004
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LIBRA PR2983 .S4499 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Blackwell guides to criticism
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays--Selections.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Tragedy.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 369 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
- Summary:
- Navigating the sea of published commentary on Shakespeare's tragedies can be difficult. This book guides students through the key critical debates from the sixteenth century to the present day, enhancing their enjoyment and broadening their critical repertoire. The Guide presents fourteen recent critical interventions in the field of Shakespeare studies, including pieces by Jonathan Dollimore, Cora Kaplan, Frank Kermode and Richard Wilson. Seven key areas of debate are covered: genre, character, language, gender and sexuality, history and politics, texts and performance. All the articles are contextualized with brief critical overviews and annotated suggestions for further reading. An additional narrative chapter on pre-twentieth-century criticism excerpts significant views by critics, including Johnson, Hazlitt and Coleridge.
- Contents:
- Part I Criticism 1590-1904 3
- 1 Before Bradley: Criticism 1590-1904 5
- Part II Twentieth-century Criticism 51
- 2 Genre: An Overview 53
- 3 Genre: Critical Extracts 60
- King Lear and Essentialist Humanism / Jonathan Dollimore 60
- Coriolanus and Interpretations of Politics / Stanley Cavell 73
- 4 Character: An Overview 95
- 5 Character: Critical Extracts 104
- The Resources of Characterization in Othello / Peter Holland 104
- The Woman in Hamlet: An Interpersonal View / David Leverenz 122
- 6 Language: An Overview 141
- 7 Language: Critical Extracts 149
- Antony and Cleopatra / Frank Kermode 149
- Imperfect Speakers / Malcolm Evans 161
- 8 Gender and Sexuality: An Overview 185
- 9 Gender and Sexuality: Critical Extracts 192
- The Daughter's Seduction in Titus Andronicus / Coppelia Kahn 192
- Femininity and the Monstrous in Othello / Karen Newman 219
- 10 History and Politics: An Overview 241
- 11 History and Politics: Critical Extracts 248
- Macbeth and the 'Name of King' / David Scott Kastan 248
- 'Is This a Holiday?' Shakespeare's Roman Carnival / Richard Wilson 267
- 12 Texts: An Overview 280
- 13 Texts: Critical Extracts 289
- Quarto and Folio King Lear / Michael Warren 289
- Bad Taste and Bad Hamlet / Leah Marcus 302
- 14 Performance: An Overview 328
- 15 Performance: Critical Extracts 337
- Titus Andronicus / Brian Cox 337
- Baz Luhrmann's Millennial Shakespeare / James N. Loehlin 349.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0631220097
- 0631220100
- OCLC:
- 50912506
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