Shakespeare's mature tragedies /

Despite their diversity in tone and subject matter, Shakespeare's four mature tragedies--Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth--all have an essential experience in common. Bernard McElroy defines this experience as the collapse of the subjective world of the tragic hero. Originally published...

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Autore principale: McElroy, Bernard (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Serie:Princeton legacy library.
Accesso online:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=791498
Sommario:
  • Frontmatter
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • CONTENTS
  • CHAPTER ONE. "And That's True Too": The World of Shakespearean Tragedy
  • CHAPTER TWO. Hamlet: The Mind's Eye
  • CHAPTER THREE. Othello: His Visage in His Mind
  • CHAPTER FOUR. King Lear: The Tempest in the Mind
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Macbeth: The Torture of the Mind
  • CHAPTER SIX. Conclusion
  • APPENDIX. "False" Rhetoric in Othello
  • INDEX