Shakespearean Tragedy |
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| Author:
| Drakakis, John |
| Series title: | Longman Critical Readers Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-317-89990-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2014 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $62.95USD $180.00USD $180.00 |
Book Description:
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Brings together fifteen major contemporary essays on individual plays and the genre as a whole. The collection provides both a guide and an explanation to the various ways in which contemporary criticism has determined our understanding of the tragedies, and the opportunity for assessing the wider issues such criticism raises. The book begins by considering the impact of social semiotics on approaches to the tragedies, before moving on to deal, in turn, with the various forms of...
More DescriptionBrings together fifteen major contemporary essays on individual plays and the genre as a whole. The collection provides both a guide and an explanation to the various ways in which contemporary criticism has determined our understanding of the tragedies, and the opportunity for assessing the wider issues such criticism raises. The book begins by considering the impact of social semiotics on approaches to the tragedies, before moving on to deal, in turn, with the various forms of Marxist criticism, New Historicism, Cultural Materialism, Feminism, Psychoanalysis, and Poststructuralism.