A.C. Bradley on Shakespeare's Tragedies: A Concise Edition and Reassessment

Author:   John Russell Brown
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:  

9780230007550


Pages:   176
Publication Date:   10 November 2006
Format:   Paperback
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A.C. Bradley on Shakespeare's Tragedies: A Concise Edition and Reassessment


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This guide helps students navigate A.C. Bradley's classic text, while providing an important commentary on the value of Bradley's approach and how it can be adapted to present-day interests. John Russell Brown highlights the advantages of understanding Bradley's methods and provides major insights for any student of Shakespeare.

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Author:   John Russell Brown
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Red Globe Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 0.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.230kg
ISBN:  

9780230007550


ISBN 10:   0230007554
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   10 November 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction PART ONE: PRACTICAL STUDY AND CRITICISM Verbal and Physical Imagery Subtextual Meanings, Tensions and Sensations Action, Narrative and Plot Characters The Hero Contexts Bradley's Scepticism and Search for a 'Tragic Vision' PART TWO: FROM SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY AND LATER LECTURES Hamlet Othello King Lear Macbeth Antony and Cleopatra Coriolanus Biographical Notes.

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'John Russell Brown has performed an excellent job in producing a beautifully compact, perceptive and lucid companion to Bradley's magnum opus.' - Robert Shaughnessy, Professor of Theatre, University of Kent, UK


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JOHN RUSSELL BROWN is visiting Professor of Theatre at Middlesex University, UK, and was formerly an Associate Director of the Royal National Theatre. He has published widely on Shakespeare, including Shakespeare: The Tragedies and editions of numerous plays. He has directed Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth and other tragedies, some of them several times. A.C. BRADLEY was Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford until his death in 1935.

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