Fathers and sons in Shakespeare : the debt never promised /

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Through careful scrutiny of word and deed, the scholarship in Fathers and Sons in Shakespeare reveals the complex attitude Shakespeare's sons harbour towards their fathers.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tromly, Fred B., 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2010
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Characters > Fathers.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Characters > Sons.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Critique et interprétation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Personnages > Pères.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Personnages > Fils.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Fathers and sons in literature.
Pères et fils dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Fathers and sons in literature
Fathers in literature
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : interpreting Shakespeare's sons : ambivalence, rescue, and revenge
  • Paternal authority and filial autonomy in Shakespeare's England
  • Henry VI, part one : prototypical beginnings : the two John Talbots
  • Richard II : patrilineal inheritance and the generation gap
  • Henry IV, part one : Deep defiance and the rebel prince
  • Henry IV, part two : the prince becomes the king, with a note on Henry V
  • Hamlet : notes from the underground : paternal and filial subterfuge
  • King Lear : the usurpation of fathers, and of fathers and sons
  • Macbeth and the late plays : the disappearance of ambivalent sons
  • Biographical coda : William Shakespeare, son of John Shakespeare
  • Appendix 1 : Shakespearean fathers and sons in Edward III
  • Appendix 2 : Thomas Plume's anecdote : the merry-cheeked, jest-cracking John Shakespeare, Sir John Mennes, and Sir John Falstaff.

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