Problem fathers in Shakespeare and Renaissance drama /

"Fathers are central to the drama of Shakespeare's time: they are revered, even sacred, yet they are also flawed human beings who feature as obstacles in plays of all genres. In Problem Fathers in Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama, Tom MacFaul examines how fathers are paradoxical and almos...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: MacFaul, Tom
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2012, ©2012.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Characters > Fathers.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
1500-1700
Fathers in literature.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Pères dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
DRAMA > Shakespeare.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
English literature > Early modern.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Staying fathers in early Elizabethan drama: Gorboduc to The Spanish tragedy
  • 3. Identification and impasse in drama of the 1590s: Henry VI to Hamlet
  • 4. Limiting the father in the 1600s: the wake of Hamlet and King Lear
  • 5. After The Tempest
  • Conclusion.

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