Shawn Smith

Gebundenes Buch

Shakespeare and the Theater of Pity

Sinon's Borrowed Tears

Beschreibung

This volume explores Shakespeareâ s interest in pity, an emotion that serves as an important catalyst for action within the plays, even as it generates one of the audienceâ s most common responses to tragic drama in the theater.

Autor

Shawn Smith received his Ph.D. in Renaissance studies from Yale University and is an Associate Professor of English at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, where he teaches Shakespeare, Renaissance literature, and world literature. His scholarship has focused on Shakespeare and the history of rhetoric from antiquity to the Renaissance.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Focus on Literature
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 274g
• ISBN-13: 9780367696382
• ISBN-10: 036769638X
• Artikelnr.: 65899821