The Annotated Shakespeare: The tragedies and romances
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
Page : 918 pages
File Size : 46,67 MB
Release : 1978
Category : English drama
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Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
Page : 918 pages
File Size : 46,67 MB
Release : 1978
Category : English drama
ISBN :
Author : Diane Elizabeth Dreher
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 48,28 MB
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0813159172
Shakespeare was clearly fascinated by the relationship between fathers and daughters, for this primal bond of domination and defiance structures twenty-one of his comedies, tragedies, and romances. In a conflict that is at once social and interpersonal, Shakespeare's fathers demand hierarchical obedience while their daughters affirm the new, more personal values upheld by Renaissance humanists and Puritans. In her penetrating analysis of this compelling relationship, Diane Dreher examines the underlying psychological tensions as well as the changing concepts of marriage and the family during Shakespeare's time. She points to the pain and conflict caused by sex role polarization. Shakespeare's possessive fathers tyrannize over their daughters, unwilling to relinquish their "masculine" power and control and leaving these young women with only two alternatives: paternal domination or defiance and loss of love. The logic of Shakespeare's plays repudiates traditional stereotypes, showing how women like Ophelia and Desdemona are destroyed by conforming to the passive Renaissance ideal. The book concludes with a consideration of Shakespeare's androgynous characters—dynamic women in doublet and hose, and fathers who become sensitive, caring, and empathetic. Shakespeare's balanced characters thus reconcile the polarities within themselves and bring greater harmony to their world. Domination and Defiance is the first book on this most provocative relationship in Shakespeare. Shedding new light on the complex father-daughter bond, character, and motivation, it makes a major contribution to literary studies.
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 35,22 MB
Release : 1978
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Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Bantam Classics
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 16,15 MB
Release : 2009-08-26
Category : Drama
ISBN : 030742183X
Pericles The first of Shakespeare’s late romances moves spectacularly from one dramatic period to another as the hero, Pericles, sails off to adventure and love, and experiences what for him is a miracle. Cymbeline A favorite romantic drama, this play of a wife unjustly accused of faithlessness moves from a world of intrigue and slander to one of reconciliation and forgiveness, and contains two of Shakespeare’s most poignantly beautiful songs. The Winter's Tale From a darkly melodramatic beginning to a joyous pastoral ending, this romance of a jealous king and his long-suffering queen is superb entertainment, with revelations, plot twists, and a final compelling theatrical moment of discovery. The Tempest This tale of the exiled Duke of Milan, marooned on an enchanted island, is so richly filled with music and magic, romance and comedy, that its theme of love and reconciliation offers a splendid feast for the senses and the heart.
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Smithmark Publishers
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 39,88 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780765116925
"A collection of comedies written by William Shakespeare"--Provided by cataloger
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 10,61 MB
Release : 1864
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Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Bantam Classics
Page : 978 pages
File Size : 13,16 MB
Release : 2009-08-26
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0307420604
Hamlet One of the most famous plays of all time, the compelling tragedy of the young prince of Denmark who must reconcile his longing for oblivion with his duty to avenge his father’s murder is one of Shakespeare’s greatest works. The ghost, Ophelia’s death and burial, the play within a play, and the breathtaking swordplay are just some of the elements that make Hamlet a masterpiece of the theater. Othello This great tragedy of unsurpassed intensity and emotion is played out against Renaissance splendor. The doomed marriage of Desdemona to the Moor Othello is the focus of a storm of tension, incited by the consummately evil villain Iago, that culminates in one of the most deeply moving scenes in theatrical history. King Lear Here is the famous and moving tragedy of a king who foolishly divides his kingdom between his two wicked daughters and estranges himself from the young daughter who loves him–a theatrical spectacle of outstanding proportions. Macbeth No dramatist has ever seen with more frightening clarity into the heart and mind of a murderer than has Shakespeare in this brilliant and bloody tragedy of evil. Taunted into asserting his “masculinity” by his ambitious wife, Macbeth chooses to embrace the Weird Sisters’ prophecy and kill his king–and thus, seals his own doom. Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English • Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography
Author : Janet Adelman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 32,58 MB
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1136607374
An original reading of Shakespeare's plays illuminating his negotiations with mothers, present and absent, and tracing the genesis of Shakespearean tragedy and romance to a psychologized version of the Fall.
Author : Alexander Leggatt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,95 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521779425
An accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's comedies, dark comedies and romances, first published in 2001.
Author : Frank Kermode
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 49,84 MB
Release : 2001-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0374527741
In this magnum opus, Britain's most distinguished scholar of 16th-century and 17th-century literature restores Shakespeare's poetic language to its rightful primacy.