Screen LibraryShakespeare and Renaissance drama
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| Published: |
Longman/Pearson York Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Harlow, England New York [London] |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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York notes companions |
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| Carrier Form: | iv, 350 p.: ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781408204801 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1408204800 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | I561 |
| CLC: |
I561.073 I561.063 |
| Call Number: | I561.073/M153 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- A cultural overview -- Texts, writers and contexts. Comedies of eros: Galatea and A midsummer night's dream; Extended commentary: Twelfth night; Shakespeare's history plays: Richard III and Henry IV part 1; Extended commentary: Henry V; Tyranny, terror and tragedy on the English stage: Doctor Faustus, Othello and Macbeth; Extended commentary: Hamlet; Tragicomedy: All's well that ends well and Philaster; Extended commentary: The tempest; Comedies of humour, comedies of pain: Every man in his humour and The fawn; Extended commentary: Volpone; Jacobean revenge drama: The revenger's tragedy and women beware women; Extended commentary: The Duchess of Malfi -- Critical theories and debates. Madness and subjectivity; Rhetoric and performance; Women at the edge; Nation-building. |