Bibliograph

Readings on the tragedies of William Shakespeare, Clarice Swisher, book editor

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Readings on the tragedies of William Shakespeare, Clarice Swisher, book editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-207) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Readings on the tragedies of William Shakespeare

Responsibility statement

Clarice Swisher, book editor

Series statement

Greenhaven Press literary companion to British authors

Table Of Contents

William Shakespeare : a biography -- Elements of Greek and Shakespearean tragedy / Robert DiYanni -- Shakespeare's wisdom is relevant for all times and places / G. B. Harrison -- Women in Shakespeare's tragedies / Angela Pitt -- Images of light in Romeo and Juliet / Caroline F. E. Spurgeon -- Romeo and Juliet : more than conventions of love / Northrop Frye -- Complexity as a theme in Romeo and Juliet / Lawrence Edward Bowling -- Timeless politicians in Julius Caesar / Gareth Lloyd Evans -- Caesar pitted against fate / Edith Sitwell -- Marc Antony : a man of skill and honor / T. S. Dorsch -- Place and time in Hamlet / Harley Granville Barker -- Hamlet's melancholy / A. C. Bradley -- Imagery in Hamlet reveals character and theme / W. H. Clemen - The world of Hamlet / Maynard Mack -- Character revealed through dialogue / Robert DiYanni -- The engaging qualities of Othello / Louis B. Wright and Virginia A. LaMar -- Two worldviews echo each other / Francis Fergusson -- Othello : a tragedy of beauty and fortune / Helen Gardner -- The juxtaposition of opposites in Macbeth / John Jay Chapman -- Macbeth tempts fate / Cleanth Brooks -- Major symbols in Macbeth / Kenneth Muir -- The character of Macbeth / William Hazlitt -- The greatness of King Lear / Edward Dowden -- The double plot of King Lear / Jay L. Halio -- The plot of tragedy best suits King Lear / Sylvan Barnet, Morton Berman, and William Burto

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