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Author:   Sarah Dewar-Watson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.320kg
ISBN:  

9780367667504

ISBN 10:   0367667509
Pages:   162
Publication Date:   30 September 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Late Plays and their Genre 1.1 The First Folio, Shakespeare and Genre 1.2 Audiences and ‘Dramatic Competence’ 1.3 Shakespeare and the Classics 2. Shakespeare and the Reception of the Poetics 2.1 Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Reception History 2.2 Cinthio 2.3 Fletcher and Guarini 3. Happy-Ending Tragedy 3.1 Tranquilla ultima 3.2 Tragicomedy: A Hybrid Genre 3.3 The Statue Scene and the Alcestis 4. Wonder and Empathy 4.1 Wonder and Spectacle 4.2 Wonder: Some Contemporary Contexts 4.3 Empathy and Audience Response 5. Shakespeare and Catharsis 5.1 Aristotle and the Critical Background 5.2 Catharsis and the English Stage 5.3 Purgation: Politics, Law, Penance 5.4 Cathartic Endings 6. The Odyssey and Island Romance 6.1 The Odyssey as Tragicomic Model 6.2 Shakespeare and the Odyssey 6.3 Literary Nostalgia and Textual Genealogies Epilogue

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Sarah Dewar-Watson is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield, UK.

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