Shakespeare's Mature Tragedies / / Bernard McElroy.
Despite their diversity in tone and subject matter, Shakespeare's four mature tragedies--Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth--all have an essential experience in common. Bernard McElroy defines this experience as the collapse of the subjective world of the tragic hero.Originally published i...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1973 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER ONE. "And That's True Too": The World of Shakespearean Tragedy -- CHAPTER TWO. Hamlet: The Mind's Eye -- CHAPTER THREE. Othello: His Visage in His Mind -- CHAPTER FOUR. King Lear: The Tempest in the Mind -- CHAPTER FIVE. Macbeth: The Torture of the Mind -- CHAPTER SIX. Conclusion -- APPENDIX. "False" Rhetoric in Othello -- INDEX |
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Summary: | Despite their diversity in tone and subject matter, Shakespeare's four mature tragedies--Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth--all have an essential experience in common. Bernard McElroy defines this experience as the collapse of the subjective world of the tragic hero.Originally published in 1973.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781400855940 9783110426847 9783110413533 9783110442496 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781400855940 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Bernard McElroy. |