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Genre/Form: | Tragedies |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Berry, Ralph, 1931- Tragic instance. Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Presses, ©1999 (OCoLC)607268540 Online version: Berry, Ralph, 1931- Tragic instance. Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Presses, ©1999 (OCoLC)609113994 |
Named Person: | William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare |
Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ralph Berry |
ISBN: | 0874136857 9780874136852 |
OCLC Number: | 40996030 |
Description: | 228 pages ; 25 cm |
Contents: | 1. Titus Andronicus: Systemic Logic -- 2. Richard III: Player and King -- 3. Romeo and Juliet: The Sonnet World of Verona -- 4. The Tragedy of Richard II -- 5. Communal Identity and the Rituals of Julius Caesar -- 6. "To say 'one'": An Essay on Hamlet -- 7. Hamlet: Nationhood and Identity -- 8. Class as Motivation in Othello -- 9. Lear's System -- 10. Macbeth: The Sexual Underplot -- 11. Timon of Athens -- 12. Antony and Cleopatra: Role-Player, Actress, Actor-Manager -- 13. Sexual Imagery in Coriolanus -- 14. Class Politics in Coriolanus. |
Responsibility: | Ralph Berry. |
Abstract:
Tragic Instance follows Shakespeare's progress through his tragedies. Each of the tragedies, including Richard III and Richard II, is studied in order of composition, and each explores the collusion between the protagonist and Fate. The author also describes the leading patterns in each play that most impress him.
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