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Format: XVIII, 180 S. : Ill.

Edition: 1. publ.

ISBN: 0-85967-684-6

Language: English

Subjects: General works , English Studies

Keywords: Theater ; Englisch ; Drama ; Illustration ; Theater ; Theaterbau ; Bildband ; Bildband

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Format: XVII, 437 S. : , Ill.

Edition: 1. publ.

ISBN: 0-17-443461-8 , 0-17-443460-X , 978-1-903436-59-2

Series Statement: Shakespeare, William: [The Arden Shakespeare / 3] [14]

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Language: English

Subjects: English Studies

Keywords: 1564-1616 King Lear Shakespeare, William ; Kommentar

Author information: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616

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Format: XIII, 224 S. : , Ill.

Edition: 1. publ.

ISBN: 0-521-52743-0 , 0-521-82043-X

Content: "Shakespeare and Violence connects to current anxieties about the problem of violence, and shows how similar concerns are central in Shakespeare's plays. In the early histories and tragedies he took delight in outdoing Christopher Marlowe and other dramatists in spectacular stage violence for its entertainment value. His later plays on English history led him to consider violence in relation to rule, and in the context of the much debated question as to whether war can be just. The almost continual wars of the 1580s and 1590s no doubt affected him and led to scepticism about their value, a theme picked up in the classical plays. In these plays and in his major tragedies he also explored the construction of masculinity in relation to power over others, to the value of heroism, and to self-control. Shakespeare's last plays present a world in which human violence appears analogous to violence in the natural world, and both kinds of violence are shown as aspects of a world subject to chance and accident. This book is the first to examine the development of Shakespeare's representations of violence and to explain their importance in shaping his career as a dramatist."--BOOK JACKET.

Language: English

Subjects: English Studies

Keywords: 1564-1616 Shakespeare, William ; Drama ; Gewalt

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Format: 186 S.

Language: English

Subjects: English Studies

Keywords: Romantik ; Literatur ; Englisch ; Bildersprache ; Englisch ; Literatur ; Bildersprache

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Format: X, 262 S.

Edition: 1. publ.

ISBN: 0-521-34292-9

Content: This book focusses on the two plays of Shakespeare that have generally contended for the title of 'greatest' among his works. Hamlet remained a focal point of reference until about 1960, when it was displaced by King Lear, a play which at the same time ceased to be perceived as a play of redemption and became a play of despair. Foakes attempts to explain these shifts by analysing the reception of the plays since about 1800, an analysis which necessarily engages with the politics of the plays and the politics of criticism. Recent critical theorizing has destabilized the texts, has sought to abolish the frontiers of literature, and hence has undermined the notion of 'greatness' or any consideration of the plays as works of art. Foakes takes issue with such theories and reconsiders textual revisions, in order to argue for the integrity of the plays as reading texts and to recover a flexible sense of their artistry in relation to meaning. The book will be of interest to scholars and students of Shakespeare and to theatre-goers.

Language: English

Subjects: English Studies

Keywords: 1564-1616 Hamlet Shakespeare, William ; Rezeption ; 1564-1616 King Lear Shakespeare, William ; Rezeption ; 1564-1616 Hamlet Shakespeare, William ; 1564-1616 King Lear Shakespeare, William

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Format: 1 online resource (x, 262 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 9780511518867 (ebook)

Content: This book focuses on the two plays of Shakespeare that have generally contended for the title of 'greatest' among his works. Hamlet remained a focal point of reference until about 1960, when it was displaced by King Lear, a play which at the same time ceased to be perceived as a play of redemption and became a play of despair. Foakes attempts to explain these shifts by analysing the reception of the plays since about 1800, an analysis which necessarily engages with the politics of the plays and the politics of criticism. Recent critical theorising has destabilised the texts and undermined the notion of 'greatness' or any consideration of the plays as works of art. Foakes takes issue with such theories and reconsiders textual revisions, in order to argue for the integrity of the plays as reading texts, and to recover a flexible sense of their artistry in relation to meaning. The book will be of interest to scholars and students of Shakespeare and to theatre-goers.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). , Hamlet and Hamletism. , Hamlet privatized and politicized ; , Hamlet and Hamletism ; , Hamlet in the modern world ; , Hamlet our contemporary -- , The reception of King Lear. , King Lear and redemption ; , King Lear and despair ; , King Lear destabilized ; , King Lear historicized -- , Plays and texts. , Processing Shakespeare ; , Scripts, play-texts, literature ; , Texts of Hamlet ; , Texts of King Lear -- , Hamlet, King Lear and art. , Let's restate the problem ; , Shakespeare under attack ; , Inward illusion ; , Knowledge, meaning, artistic form -- , A design for Hamlet. , Hamlet Senior ; , Gertrude and Ophelia ; , Claudius ; , Hamlet -- , A shaping for King Lear. , Division ; , Expulsion ; , Confusion ; , War ; , The overall design.

Additional Edition: Print version: ISBN 9780521342926

Language: English

URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511518867

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Format: XVIII, 180 S. : Ill.

ISBN: 0-8047-1236-0

Content: Gathers together all the important surviving visual evidence on the English stage from the rise of professional theatres in London to their closing in the Commonwealth period. Each illustration is accompanied by a commentary that describes what can be seen, assesses its significance and analyses the problems of interpretation. The illustrations are divided into five groups which are presented chronologically. The first group consists of maps, panoramas and views of London that contain theatre buildings. The second group includes drawings and title-page vignettes that illustrate specific actors, stages, or plans for converting halls into theatres. The third group is drawn from the printed texts of plays, and features frontispieces and title-pages that appear to relate to the staging and costuming of plays. The fourth group contains a few miscellaneous matters, notable the symbolic theatre drawings of Robert Fludd. The fifth section considers illustrations in playtexts apparently having no reference to the stage.

Language: English

Subjects: English Studies

Keywords: Theater ; Theaterbau ; Englisch ; Drama ; Illustration ; Theater ; Bildband ; Bildband

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Format: XII, 148 S.

Edition: 1. publ.

ISBN: 0-521-22194-3 , 0-521-29389-8

Series Statement: The new Cambridge Shakespeare mid

Language: English

Subjects: English Studies

Keywords: Comedies ; Fairy plays ; Comedies ; Fairy plays

Author information: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616

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Format: LXVII, 215 S.

Edition: 3. ed., rev. and reset, reprint.

Series Statement: The Arden edition of the works of William Shakespeare

Language: English

Subjects: English Studies

Keywords: Fiktionale Darstellung ; Theaterstück ; Programmheft ; Fiktionale Darstellung ; Theaterstück ; Programmheft

Author information: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616

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Format: XII, 156 S. : , Ill.

Edition: Updated ed.

ISBN: 0-521-53247-7 , 0-521-82540-7 , 978-0-521-53247-1 , 978-0-521-82540-5

Series Statement: The new Cambridge Shakespeare / William Shakespeare mid

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Language: English

Subjects: English Studies

Keywords: Comedies ; Fairy plays ; Comedies ; Fairy plays

Author information: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616