| Description |
xi, 243 p. : ill., port. ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Preface books
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Shakespeare's England. Religious and philosophical developments -- Government and authority -- Elizabethan and Jacobean society -- 'Words, words, words': Shakespeare's English -- Plays into print -- pt. 2. Shakespeare and the theatre of his time. Elizabethan and Jacobean tragedy -- Shakespeare's theatre -- Plays and audiences -- pt. 3. Critical analysis: Hamlet (1601) Othello (1604) King Lear (c.1605) Macbeth (1606). Hamlet --Othello -- King Lear -- Macbeth. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Tragedies.
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Tragedy.
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| ISBN |
0582355036 (paper) |
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058235501X (cased) |
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