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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 i...

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Main Authors: McElroy, Bernard
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Published: Princeton University Press,
Publisher Address: Princeton, N.J. :
Publication Dates: [1986]
©1986
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Tragedy.
Criticism and interpretation.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Literary Studies.
Literature in Diverse Languages.
Other Nations and Languages.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Tragedies.
Englische Literatur.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400855940
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Summary: 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 in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (269 pages) : illustrations
ISBN: 9781400855940
Index Number: PR2983
CLC: I561.073
Contents: 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.

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