Shakespeare's Tragedies: A Very Short Introduction

Author:   Stanley Wells (Honorary President of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198785293


Pages:   160
Publication Date:   27 April 2017
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Stanley Wells (Honorary President of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 11.10cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 17.40cm
Weight:   0.120kg
ISBN:  

9780198785293


ISBN 10:   0198785291
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   27 April 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1: Tragedy in Shakespeare's time 2: Titus Andronicus 3: Tragedies of English history 4: Romeo and Juliet 5: Julius Caesar 6: Hamlet 7: Othello 8: Macbeth 9: King Lear 10: Timon of Athens 11: Coriolanus 12: Antony and Cleopatra 13: Why do we enjoy tragedy? References Further Reading Index

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cover[s] an impressive amount of literary and historical ground, and convey[s] a suitably sizeable serving of Shakespeare knowledge. * Shakespeare Magazine * ... probably never - against the backdrop of so much literary, and other noise, today - has there ever been a greater need for short summaries of such works in an attempt to reach new audiences. So, from King Lear, to Antony and Cleopatra to Macbeth and Hamlet, et. al, the rudiments of all ten tragedies are condensed into just half a dozen pocket-sized pages each. Probably not for the connoiseur but much more likely for reluctant newbies still mystified by all the fuss. * Screentrade Magazine *


... probably never - against the backdrop of so much literary, and other noise, today - has there ever been a greater need for short summaries of such works in an attempt to reach new audiences. So, from King Lear, to Antony and Cleopatra to Macbeth and Hamlet, et. al, the rudiments of all ten tragedies are condensed into just half a dozen pocket-sized pages each. Probably not for the connoiseur but much more likely for reluctant newbies still mystified by all the fuss. * Screentrade Magazine *


Author Information

Stanley Wells is Honorary President of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Professor Emeritus at the University of Birmingham, and the author of a number of books about Shakespeare, including Shakespeare, Sex, and Love (OUP, 2010), Shakespeare and Co (Penguin, 2007), and William Shakespeare: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2015). He is General Editor of the Oxford Shakespeare and Penguin Shakespeare and the co-editor of Shakespeare Beyond Doubt: Evidence, Argument, Controversy (Cambridge University Press, 2013).

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