Bargains with Fate : Psychological Crises and Conflicts in Shakespeare and His Plays

ISBN-13: 9781412808736 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 332 str.

Bernard J. Paris

Opis

The enduring appeal of Shakespeare's works derives largely from the fact that they contain brilliantly drawn characters. Interpretations of these characters are products of changing modes of thought, and thus past explanations of their behavior, including Shakespeare's, no longer satisfy us. In this work, Bernard J. Paris, an eminent Shakespearean scholar, shows how Shakespeare endowed his tragic heroes with enduring human qualities that have made them relevant to people of later eras

Spis treści

Introduction; I: The Major Tragedies; 1: Bargains, Defenses, and Cultural Codes; 2: Hamlet; 3: Othello; 4: King Lear; 5: Macbeth; II: Shakespeare’s Personality; 6: Shakespeare’s Conflicts; 7: “What Fools These Mortals Be”; 8: Shakespeare’s Leap of Faith; 9: The Tempest

O autorze

Maria Jarosz