Shakespearean tragedy and its double : the rhythms of audience response /

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Why does Shakespearean tragedy continue to move spectators even though Elizabethan philosophical assumptions have faded from belief? Shakespearean Tragedy and Its Double seeks answers in the moment-by-moment dynamics of performance and response, and the Shakespearean text signals those possibilities...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cartwright, Kent, 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1991.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Tragedies.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Dramatic production.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Theater audiences.
Tragedy.
Théâtre > Publics.
Tragédie.
tragedies.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
DRAMA > Shakespeare.
Criticism and interpretation.
Theater.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Spectatorial Distance in Shakespearean Tragedy
  • 1. Theater and Narrative in Romeo and Juliet
  • 2. Remembering Hamlet
  • 3. The Scenic Rhythyms of Othello
  • 4. Kent, Edgar, and the Situation of King Lear
  • 5. The Audience In and Out of Antony and Cleopatra
  • Seleceted Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back Cover

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