Politics and romance in Shakespeare's four great tragedies /

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This study of the political and romantic impulses of Shakespeare's tragic characters - including Macbeth, King Lear, Hamlet, Othello, and Iago, among others - discusses the overblown ambition of these characters as they embrace cunning and evil in order to acquire power and romance. The excessi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Usongo, Kenneth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.
Temas:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Tragedies > Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
1600-1699
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Politique et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Law.
Film, TV & radio.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Criticism and interpretation
Politics and literature
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This study of the political and romantic impulses of Shakespeare's tragic characters - including Macbeth, King Lear, Hamlet, Othello, and Iago, among others - discusses the overblown ambition of these characters as they embrace cunning and evil in order to acquire power and romance. The excessive ambition shown by these characters fuels action in the plays and significantly contributes to their downfall. In other words, the book interrogates, in a pluralist critical frame, the forces behind the quest for power and romance by Shakespeare's protagonists, and explores how these forces propel the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (145 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781443893329
1443893323

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