William Shakespeare The Final Plays

Author : Kiernan Ryan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781317889618

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Shakespeare by Kiernan Ryan Pdf

This is the first collection of criticism on Shakespeare's romances to register the impact of modern literary theory on interpretations of these plays. Kiernan Ryan brings together the most important recent essays on Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale and The Tempest, the greatest of the `last plays', staging a dynamic debate between feminist, poststructuralist, psychoanalytic and new historicist views of the masterpieces Shakespeare wrote at the close of his career. The book aims not only to anthologise accounts of the last plays by leading Shakespearean critics, including Stephen Greenblatt, Janet Adelman, Leah Marcus, Howard Felperin and Steven Mullaney, but also to dramatise what is at stake in the choice of a particular critical approach. It allows the student to compare the strengths and limitations of a deconstructive and a feminist reading of the same romance, or to test the plausibility of one psychoanalytic angle on the last plays against another. The headnotes that preface the essays highlight their distinctive slants on Shakespearean romance, unpack the theoretical assumptions that steer their interpretations, and throw into relief the key points at which their authors collide or converge. The editor's introduction places the essays in the context of twentieth-century criticism of the last plays and makes a powerful case for a fundamental reappraisal of Shakespearean romance. The comprehensive, fully annotated bibliography provides an unrivalled guide to further reading on all four plays.

Author : Frank Kermode
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015001982894

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William Shakespeare the Final Plays by Frank Kermode Pdf

A volume in the Writers and Their Work series, which draws upon recent thinking in English studies to introduce writers and their contexts. Each volume includes biographical material, an examination of recent criticism, a bibliography and a reappraisal of a major work by the writer.

Author : Stephen W. Smith,Travis Curtright
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 073910361X

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Shakespeare's Last Plays by Stephen W. Smith,Travis Curtright Pdf

What were Shakespeare's final thoughts on history, tragedy, and comedy? Shakespeare's Last Plays focuses much needed scholarly attention on Shakespeare's "Late Romances." The work--a collection of newly commissioned essays by leading scholars of classical political philosophy and literature--offers careful textual analysis of Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest, All is True, and The Two Noble Kinsmen. The essays reveal how Shakespeare's thought in these final works compliments, challenges, fulfills, or transforms previously held conceptions of the playwright and his political-philosophical views.

Author : Frank Kermode
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:59684048

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William Shakespeare by Frank Kermode Pdf

Author : F.A. Yates
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136354243

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Shakespeares Last Plays by F.A. Yates Pdf

This is Volume VI in the selected works of Frances Yates, providing a new approach to Shakespeare's last plays. First published in 1975, these are a collection of lectures that offer the new thinking about certain ideas concerning Shakespeare's relation to the problemsand thought currents of his times.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015082528574

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King Richard II by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : Nicholas Potter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137019097

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Shakespeare's Late Plays by Nicholas Potter Pdf

Shakespeare's late plays are a 'mixed bag' with a common theme: from the fiendishly jealous Leontes to the saintly Pericles; from the ineffectual Cymbeline to the omnipotent Propspero; from the 'sprites and goblins' of The Tempest to the famous bear of The Winter's Tale, the characters have excited wonder and contempt while the range of incident is almost irresponsibly extravagant. Was Shakespeare losing his grip, or his interest, or both? Was he striking out in some bold new theatrical direction? This Guide provides a critical survey of the major debates and issues surrounding the late plays, from the earliest published accounts to the present day. Nicholas Potter offers a clear guiding narrative and an exploration of literary history, focusing on how criticism of these remarkable works, and attempts to make sense of them, have developed over the years.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1907
Category : English drama
ISBN : CHI:22976734

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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780785253136

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Shakespeare in Autumn (Seasons Edition -- Fall) by William Shakespeare Pdf

Shakespeare in Autumn: Select Plays and the Complete Sonnets, by William Shakespeare, the greatest writer in the English language, is available in a fine exclusive collector’s edition featuring a laser-cut jacket on a textured book with foil stamping, making it ideal for fiction lovers and book collectors alike. Each collectible volume will be the perfect addition to any well-appointed library. The Shakespeare in Autumn Seasons Edition--Fall: Features selected works from William Shakespeare, history’s greatest and most influential writer of the English language. His poetry and plays have been recited and studied for generation upon generation and remain iconic works of literature Presents a small yet wide-reaching collection of the Bard’s finest works, including The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, and the complete sonnets Is distinctively and seasonally nuanced for autumnal reading Explores such important themes as love and romance, the economic ramifications of marriage, the immutable irreversibility of fate, the destructive nature of jealousy, the power dynamics of relationships, and the absurdity of ambition Is ideal for special-edition book collectors, fans of literary fiction and classic literature, Anglophiles, and people who love all things Shakespearean and the many cinematic adaptations of the Bard’s work Whether you’re buying this as a gift or as a self-purchase, this remarkable limited edition features: Beautiful hardcover with a distinctive one-of-a-kind, high-end/high-treatment laser-cut jacket, perfect for standing out on any discerning fiction-lover’s bookshelf Trim Size: 6 x 9 Beautiful decorative interior pages featuring pull quotes distributed throughout An exquisite matching laser-cut bookmark Part of a 4-volume Fall Seasons series including Anne of Green Gables, Dracula, and Sense and Sensibility William Shakespeare has been lauded as one of history’s greatest and most influential writers of the English language. His poems and plays have been recited and studied for generations, and remain iconic works of literature. Shakespeare in Autumn includes a nuanced selection of Shakespeare’s finest works, including: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Twelfth Night As You Like It The Taming of the Shrew Romeo and Juliet The Sonnets Shakespeare in Autumn: Select Plays and the Complete Sonnets by William Shakespeare (Seasons Edition--Fall) is one of four titles available in the Fall Seasons series. The Fall collection also includes Anne of Green Gables, Dracula, and Sense and Sensibility.

Author : Emma Smith
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-02
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780241361641

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This Is Shakespeare by Emma Smith Pdf

A THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 'The best introduction to the plays I've read, perhaps the best book on Shakespeare, full stop' Alex Preston, Observer 'It makes you impatient to see or re-read the plays at once' Hilary Mantel A genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no others. A writer who surpassed his contemporaries in vision, originality and literary mastery. Who wrote like an angel, putting it all so much better than anyone else. Is this Shakespeare? Well, sort of. But it doesn't really tell us the whole truth. So much of what we say about Shakespeare is either not true, or just not relevant, deflecting us from investigating the challenges of his inconsistencies and flaws. This electrifying new book thrives on revealing, not resolving, the ambiguities of Shakespeare's plays and their changing topicality. It introduces an intellectually, theatrically and ethically exciting writer who engages with intersectionality as much as with Ovid, with economics as much as poetry: who writes in strikingly modern ways about individual agency, privacy, politics, celebrity and sex. It takes us into a world of politicking and copy-catting, as we watch him emulating the blockbusters of Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Kyd, the Spielberg and Tarantino of their day; flirting with and skirting round the cut-throat issues of succession politics, religious upheaval and technological change. The Shakespeare in this book poses awkward questions rather than offering bland answers, always implicating us in working out what it might mean. This is Shakespeare. And he needs your attention.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465587817

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The Two Noble Kinsmen by William Shakespeare Pdf

New Playes, and Maydenheads, are neare a kin, Much follow'd both, for both much mony g'yn, If they stand sound, and well: And a good Play (Whose modest Sceanes blush on his marriage day, And shake to loose his honour) is like hir That after holy Tye and first nights stir Yet still is Modestie, and still retaines More of the maid to sight, than Husbands paines; We pray our Play may be so; For I am sure It has a noble Breeder, and a pure, A learned, and a Poet never went More famous yet twixt Po and silver Trent: Chaucer (of all admir'd) the Story gives, There constant to Eternity it lives. If we let fall the Noblenesse of this, And the first sound this child heare, be a hisse, How will it shake the bones of that good man, And make him cry from under ground, 'O fan From me the witles chaffe of such a wrighter That blastes my Bayes, and my fam'd workes makes lighter Then Robin Hood!' This is the feare we bring; For to say Truth, it were an endlesse thing, And too ambitious, to aspire to him, Weake as we are, and almost breathlesse swim In this deepe water. Do but you hold out Your helping hands, and we shall take about, And something doe to save us: You shall heare Sceanes, though below his Art, may yet appeare Worth two houres travell. To his bones sweet sleepe: Content to you. If this play doe not keepe A little dull time from us, we perceave Our losses fall so thicke, we must needs leave.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001-07-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8125020055

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Final Part of Henry the Fourth by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1798
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101067671154

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The Plays of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : George Wilson Knight
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:631326625

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The crown of life by George Wilson Knight Pdf

Author : Kiernan Ryan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0333913167

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Shakespeare by Kiernan Ryan Pdf

Secondly, the new theoretical approaches to the study of Shakespeare of the last 30 years are thoroughly integrated into the analyses of the plays. Students and teachers of Shakespeare at all levels will find Shakespeare: Texts and Contexts indispensable."--BOOK JACKET.