Victor Kiernan

Broschiertes Buch

Eight Tragedies of Shakespeare

Beschreibung

Victor Kiernan provides a rich and insightful analysis of eight of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies, revealing how they were shaped by the social and political upheavals of his age.

Autor

Victor Kiernan (1913-2009) ranks among Britain's most distinguished historians. After a fellowship at Trinity College, Cambridge, and a long period spent teaching in India, he joined the History Department at the University of Edinburgh, where he served as professor of modern history from 1970 until his retirement. Over the course of his life he authored such works as European Empires from Conquest to Collapse; The Duel in European History; Shakespeare: Poet and Citizen; Horace: Poetics and Politics and numerous others, as well as translating two volumes of Urdu poetry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Zed Books
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 135mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9781783606887
• ISBN-10: 1783606886
• Artikelnr.: 43172961

Rezensionen

'This book rests on a lifetime's thinking about history. It helps us see Shakespeare in "a more realistic light".'
Times Literary Supplement

'Kiernan writes with passion and precision on the social and economic contexts of Shakespeare's plays.'
Recent Studies in Tudor and Stuart Drama
'[A] splendid Marxist exploration of Shakespeare's work... Victor Kiernan was a historian to rank with Eric Hobsbawm and Christopher Hill. His approach to Shakespeare is based on a deep historical understanding of the contradictions of the period, which makes him deeply sensitive to what the plays reveal.'
International Socialism Journal