Tragic form in Shakespeare / Ruth Nevo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nevo, Ruth, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays--Selections.

Shakespeare, William.

Tragedy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (424 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1972.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A "symbolist" approach has dominated Shakespearean criticism for many years, but Ruth Nevo believes that the emphasis on static and pictorial aspects has obscured the essentially dynamic nature of dramatic expression and this study of the development of Shakespeare's tragic form is offered to correct the imbalance.From detailed analyses of each of Shakespeare's ten tragedies emerges a characteristic structure-a five-phased movement of discovery-that articulates and orders the traditional components of tragedy. This sequence is one of predicament, psychomachia, peripeteia, perspectives of irony and pathos, and catastrophe. It is a continuous, accumulative, and consummatory one, rather than a simple up-down movement or even a more complex thesis-antithesis-synthesis. Inheriting a five-act model and its developed rationale, Shakespeare used it to express an ever richer and more complex tragic experience. As the protagonist's life unfolds before us, the development of his tragic recognition is coextensive with the whole of the action.Originally published in 1972.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Chapter I. The Tragic Progress

Chapter II. Romeo and Juliet

Chapter III. Richard II

Chapter IV. Julius Caesar

Chapter V. Hamlet

Chapter VI. Othello

Chapter VII. Macbeth

Chapter VIII. Kinglear

Chapter IX. Antony and Cleopatra

Chapter X. Coriolanus

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691619507

0691619506

9781400872602

140087260X

OCLC:

933516457