Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 274 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9780511999314
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions to literature
Content:
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy acquaints the student reader with the forms, contexts, critical and theatrical lives of the ten plays considered to be Shakespeare's tragedies. Shakespearean tragedy is a highly complex and demanding theatre genre, but the thirteen essays, written by leading scholars in Britain and North America, are clear, concise and informative. They address the ways in which Shakespearean tragedy originated, developed and diversified, as well as how it has fared on stage, as text and in criticism. Topics covered include the literary precursors of Shakespearean tragedies (medieval, classical, and contemporary), cultural backgrounds (political, religious, social, and psychological), and the subgenres of Shakespeare's tragedy (love tragedy, revenge tragedy, and classical tragedy), as well as the critical and theatrical receptions of the plays. The book examines the four major tragedies and, in addition, Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus and Timon of Athens
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015)
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Shakespeare's classical tragedies
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What is a Shakespearean tragedy?
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The critical reception of Shakespeare's tragedies
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Antony and Cleopatra in the theatre
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The language of tragedy
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Tragedy in Shakespeare's career
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Shakespearean tragedy printed and performed
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Religion and Shakespearean tragedy
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Tragedy and political authority
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Gender and family
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The tragic subject and its passions
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Tragedies of revenge and ambition
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Shakespeare's tragedies of love
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521790093
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521793599
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521790093
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CCOL0521790093
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