Author: Louis B. Wright
Publisher: Associated University Presse
Published: 1978-07
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780918016553
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Gwyn Daniel
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-11-15
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 0429812396
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Most of Shakespeare’s tragedies have a family drama at their heart. This book brings these relationships to life, offering a radical new perspective on the tragic heroes and their dilemmas. Family Dramas: Intimacy, Power and Systems in Shakespeare's Tragedies focusses on the interactions and dialogues between people on stage, linking their intimate emotional worlds to wider social and political contexts. Since family relationships absorb and enact social ideologies, their conflicts often expose the conflicts that all ideologies contain. The complexities, contradictions and ambiguities of Shakespeare’s portrayals of individuals and their relationships are brought to life, while wider power structures and social discourses are shown to reach into the heart of intimate relationships and personal identity. Surveying relevant literature from Shakespeare studies, the book introduces the ideas behind the family systems approach to literary criticism. Explorations of gender relationships feature particularly strongly in the analysis since it is within gender that intimacy and power most compellingly intersect and frequently collide. For Shakespeare lovers and psychotherapists alike, this application of systemic theory opens a new perspective on familiar literary territory.
Author: Naseeb Shaheen
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 896
ISBN-13: 9780874136777
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Analyzes the biblical references that Shakespeare makes in his plays, surveying the different English Bibles available to Shakespeare, and pointing out which of these he referred to most often (the King James version only appeared near the end of his career). Also examines biblical references found in literary source material used by Shakespeare to determine whether he used or adapted these or added others from his own memory; and what these allusions would have meant to audiences of the time.--From publisher description.
Author: John Green
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2000-02-01
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 9780486409603
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Well-known scenes from "Hamlet," "King Lear," "Macbeth," "Romeo and Juliet," "Julius Caesar," and 15 other popular plays. Summaries, selections from the appropriate text, and captions accompany the illustrations. 30 black-and-white illustrations.
Author: J. Kingsley-Smith
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2003-11-05
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 1403938431
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Exile defines the Shakespearean canon, from The Two Gentlemen of Verona to The Two Noble Kinsmen . This book traces the influences on the drama of exile, examining the legal context of banishment (pursued against Catholics, gypsies and vagabonds) in early modern England; the self-consciousness of exile as an amatory trope; and the discourses by which exile could be reshaped into comedy or tragedy. Across genres, Shakespeare's plays reveal a fascination with exile as the source of linguistic crisis, shaped by the utterance of that word 'Banished'.
Author: Cynthia Greenwood
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9781592577088
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Here art thou real Shakespeare. The resurgence of interest in Shakespeare's plays - largely due to recent film adaptations - has reminded the world that Shakespearean theatre is a social art form. This guide focuses on the essence of the spoken word of his plays rather than simply dissecting them. It also explores the cultural and historical contexts for the major plays, offering the director's and actor's perspective in addition to that of the scholar and close reader. Each major play is explored in depth, explaining Shakespearean terms Offers commentary on the experience of each play on and off stage with attention to language and verse Appendixes include Shakespeare's likely collaborations, a glossary, suggested further reading, and resources for viewing live performances and video/audio recordings Perfect for students, general readers, theatregoers, and actors Published to commemorate Shakespeare's 443rd birthday
Author: David McInnis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-03-25
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 1108843263
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Explores Shakespeare's plays in their most immediate context: the hundreds of plays known to original audiences, but lost to us.