Shakespeare's Suicides: Dead Bodies That Matter

ISBN-13: 9780815380443 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 208 str.

Marlena Tronicke

Opis

Shakespeare’s Suicides: Dead Bodies That Matter is the first study in Shakespeare criticism to examine the entirety of Shakespeare’s dramatic suicides. It addresses all plays featuring suicides and near-suicides in chronological order from Titus Andronicus to Antony and Cleopatra, thus establishing that suicide becomes increasingly pronounced as a vital means of dramatic characterisation. In particular, the book approaches suicide as a gendered phenomenon.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Textual Note List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Knitting the Cord: Titus Andronicus 2. Happy Daggers: Romeo and Juliet 3. Roman Fools: Julius Caesar 4. Solid Flesh: Hamlet 5. Before We Go: Othello 6. Promised Ends: King Lear 7. Trying the Last: Macbeth 8. Well Done: Antony and Cleopatra Epilogue Bibliography Index