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Crime and God's judgment in Shakespeare /

Divine retribution, Robert Reed argues, is a principal driving force in Shakespeare's English history plays and three of his major tragedies. Reed finds evidence of the playwright's growing ingenuity and maturing skill in his treatment of the crime of political homicide, its impact on even...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reed, Robert Rentoul, 1911-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, ©1984.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The structure of Shakespeare's eight-part epic
  • The justice of God : medieval and Renaissance
  • Thomas of Gloucester : the sword of retribution
  • Richard II and the delay of providence
  • The later Gloucesters : Humphrey and Richard
  • Prince Hamlet and the double mission
  • Macbeth, the devil, and God.