Shakespeare's Mature Tragedies

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Despite their diversity in tone and subject matter, Shakespeare's four mature tragedies--Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth--all have an essential experience in common. Bernard McElroy defines this experience as the collapse of the subjective world of the tragic hero. Originally published...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McElroy, Bernard (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Tragedies.
Tragedy.
Criticism and interpretation.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
tragedies.
Tragedie.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Despite their diversity in tone and subject matter, Shakespeare's four mature tragedies--Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth--all have an essential experience in common. Bernard McElroy defines this experience as the collapse of the subjective world of the tragic hero. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of t.
Item Description:Cover.
Physical Description:1 online resource (269 pages).
ISBN:9781400855940

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