Screen LibraryShakespeare's domestic tragedies : violence in the early modern home /
"Domestic tragedy was an innovative genre, suggesting that the lives and sufferings of ordinary people were worthy of the dramatic scope of tragedy. In this compelling study, Whipday revises the narrative of Shakespeare's plays to show how this genre, together with neglected pamphlets, bal...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Domestic tragedy was an innovative genre, suggesting that the lives and sufferings of ordinary people were worthy of the dramatic scope of tragedy. In this compelling study, Whipday revises the narrative of Shakespeare's plays to show how this genre, together with neglected pamphlets, ballads, and other forms of 'cheap print' about domestic violence, informed some of Shakespeare's greatest works. Providing a significant reappraisal of Hamlet, Othello, and Macbeth, the book argues that domesticity is central to these plays: they stage how societal and familial pressures shape individual agen |
| Item Description: | Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University College London, 2015. |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-257) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781108474030 1108474039 9781108463300 1108463304 |
| Index Number: | PR2983 |
| CLC: | I561.073 |
| Call Number: | I561.073/W573 |
| Contents: | Introduction: Shakespeare's domestic tragedies -- Home: contesting domestic order in The taming of the shrew -- Household: performing domestic relationships in Hamlet -- House: staging domestic space in Othello -- Neighbourhood: crossing domestic boundaries in Macbeth -- Afterword: homeless: outside domestic tragedy in King Lear. |