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    Book
    New York ; London :Routledge,
    UID:
    almahu_BV047417239
    Format: 151 Seiten.
    ISBN: 978-0-367-71077-4
    Series Statement: Routledge studies in speculative fiction
    Content: "Through mainly a New Historicist critical approach, this book explores how Shakespeare and Achebe employ supernatural devices such as prophecies, dreams, gods/goddesses, beliefs, and divinations to create complex characters. Even though these features indicate the preponderance of the belief in the supernatural by some people of the Elizabethan, Jacobean, and traditional Igbo societies, Shakespeare and Achebe primarily use the supernatural to represent the states of mind of their protagonists. Both writers appropriate supernatural features to mirror tragic flaws such as ambition, arrogance, impulsiveness, and fear that contribute to the downfall of Macbeth, Lear, Okonkwo, and Ezeulu. We relate to some of these characters because they project our inner minds, principal drives that may be hidden within us. Therefore, Shakespeare and Achebe’s preoccupation with the supernatural adds subtlety to their characterization and enhances their readability by situating their art beyond time, place, or particularity."
    Note: Contextualizing Shakespeare and Achebe. Differences between Shakespeare and Achebe -- The term supernatural. Early western embodiments of the supernatural -- Igbo embodiments of the supernatural -- Literary manifestations of the supernatural -- Shakespeare and the supernatural. King Lear -- Macbeth -- Julius Caesar -- Hamlet -- Othello -- Achebe and the supernatural -- The supernatural and character -- The supernatural as premonitory -- The supernatural and morality -- Shakespeare's and Achebe's use of the supernatural -- Impact of the supernatural on the protagonists -- The supernatural as prolepsis and moral implications
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-00-314922-4
    Language: English
    Subjects: English Studies
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    Keywords: 1564-1616 Shakespeare, William ; 1930-2013 Achebe, Chinua ; Das Übernatürliche ; Charakterisierung ; Literarische Gestalt
    Library Location Call Number Availability
    Stabi Berlin Potsdamer Straße10 A 120025available
    HU Berlin ZwB Campus Nord, 2. OG / Raum 2.29 - FreihandbestandHI 3385 U86available
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    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    New York, NY :Routledge,
    UID:
    almahu_9949386699502882
    Format: 1 online resource (1 volume.).
    ISBN: 9781003149224 (electronic bk) , 1003149227 (electronic bk) , 1000349543 , 9781000349603 , 1000349608 , 9781000349573 , 1000349578 , 9781000349542
    Series Statement: Routledge studies in speculative fiction
    Content: "Through mainly a New Historicist critical approach, this book explores how Shakespeare and Achebe employ supernatural devices such as prophecies, dreams, gods/goddesses, beliefs, and divinations to create complex characters"--
    Note: Contextualizing Shakespeare and Achebe. Differences between Shakespeare and Achebe -- The term supernatural. Early western embodiments of the supernatural -- Igbo embodiments of the supernatural -- Literary manifestations of the supernatural -- Shakespeare and the supernatural. King Lear -- Macbeth -- Julius Caesar -- Hamlet -- Othello -- Achebe and the supernatural -- The supernatural and character -- The supernatural as premonitory -- The supernatural and morality -- Shakespeare's and Achebe's use of the supernatural -- Impact of the supernatural on the protagonists -- The supernatural as prolepsis and moral implications.
    Additional Edition: Print version: ISBN 9781000349603
    Additional Edition: Print version: ISBN 9780367710774
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0367710773
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780367710934
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0367710935
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books.
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