UID:
almahu_9949386699502882
Umfang:
1 online resource (1 volume.).
ISBN:
9781003149224 (electronic bk)
,
1003149227 (electronic bk)
,
1000349543
,
9781000349603
,
1000349608
,
9781000349573
,
1000349578
,
9781000349542
Serie:
Routledge studies in speculative fiction
Inhalt:
"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"--
Anmerkung:
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.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: ISBN 9781000349603
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: ISBN 9780367710774
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0367710773
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780367710934
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0367710935
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003149224
