Michael Mangan

A Preface to Shakespeare's Tragedies (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A study of four of Shakespeare's major tragedies - Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth - this Preface at these plays in a variety of contexts, both in isolation and in relation to each other. Michael Mangan also explores the cultural, ideological, social and political contexts in which they were written.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317880752
• Artikelnr.: 41220978

Autorenporträt

Michael Mangan

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations. Acknowledgements. Foreword. Introduction. Part One:
Shakespeare's England
1. Religious and philosophical developments. 2. Government and authority.
3. Elizabethan and Jacobean society
4. `Words, words, words': Shakespeare's English. 5. Plays into print. Part
Two: Shakespeare and the theatre of his time. 6. Elizabethan and Jacobean
tragedy. 7. Shakespeare's theatre 8. Plays and audiences Part Three:
Critical Analysis 9. Hamlet. 10. Othello. 11. King Lear. 12. Macbeth.
Postscript: What lies beyond tragedy?
Part Four: Reference Section Short biographies. Further reading. Appendix:
The theatres of Shakespeare's London. Index

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List of illustrations. Acknowledgements. Foreword. Introduction. Part One: Shakespeare's England
1. Religious and philosophical developments. 2. Government and authority. 3. Elizabethan and Jacobean society
4. `Words, words, words': Shakespeare's English. 5. Plays into print. Part Two: Shakespeare and the theatre of his time. 6. Elizabethan and Jacobean tragedy. 7. Shakespeare's theatre 8. Plays and audiences Part Three: Critical Analysis 9. Hamlet. 10. Othello. 11. King Lear. 12. Macbeth. Postscript: What lies beyond tragedy?
Part Four: Reference Section Short biographies. Further reading. Appendix: The theatres of Shakespeare's London. Index