Catherine M. S. Alexander (ed.)

Camb Comp Shakespeare's Last Plays

Herausgeber: Alexander, Catherine M. S.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Why group Shakespeare's last plays together? When does Shakespeare's 'last' period begin? Reflecting the recent growth of interest in late studies, in this book leading international Shakespeare scholars address these questions, locating Shakespeare's last six plays in the period of their composition and considering the significant characteristics of their Jacobean context.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9780521708197
• ISBN-10: 0521708192
• Artikelnr.: 26425179

Inhaltsangabe

Historical timeline Clare Smout
Preface Catherine M. S. Alexander
1. What is a 'late play'? Gordon McMullan
2. Blackfriars, music and masque: theatrical contexts of the Last Plays David Lindley
3. The literary and dramatic contexts of the Last Plays Charles Moseley
4. Politics, religion, geography and travel: historical contexts of the Last Plays Karen Britland
5. 'You speak a language that I understand not': listening to the Last Plays Russ McDonald
6. The Winter's Tale: shifts in staging and status Patricia Tatspaugh
7. Cymbeline: the afterlife Catherine M. S. Alexander
8. Literary invocations of The Tempest Virginia Mason Vaughan
9. Pericles: the afterlife Eugene Giddens
10. The Two Noble Kinsmen and King Henry VIII: the last last plays Suzanne Gossett
Further reading Clare Smout.