Author: Ernest Schanzer
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136564896
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The opening chapter traces the history of the term 'problem plays' as applied to Shakespeare and defines it more clearly and precisely than has been done in the past. Julius Caesar, Measure for Measure, Antony and Cleopatra are then discussed in separate chapters, not only as problem plays but from various points of view: such matters as themes, structural pattern, character-problems, the play's relation to its sources as well as to other plays in the canon, are all touched upon.
The Problem Plays of Shakespeare
Author: Ernest Schanzer
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136564896
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The opening chapter traces the history of the term 'problem plays' as applied to Shakespeare and defines it more clearly and precisely than has been done in the past. Julius Caesar, Measure for Measure, Antony and Cleopatra are then discussed in separate chapters, not only as problem plays but from various points of view: such matters as themes, structural pattern, character-problems, the play's relation to its sources as well as to other plays in the canon, are all touched upon.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136564896
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The opening chapter traces the history of the term 'problem plays' as applied to Shakespeare and defines it more clearly and precisely than has been done in the past. Julius Caesar, Measure for Measure, Antony and Cleopatra are then discussed in separate chapters, not only as problem plays but from various points of view: such matters as themes, structural pattern, character-problems, the play's relation to its sources as well as to other plays in the canon, are all touched upon.
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Shakespeare Problems
The Moral Universe of Shakespeare's Problem Plays
Author: Vivian Thomas
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 100035010X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
What is it that makes Shakespeare’s problem plays problematic? Many critics have sought for the underlying vision or message of these puzzling and disturbing dramas. Originally published in 1987, the key to Viv Thomas’s new synthesis of the plays is the idea of fracture and dissolution in the universe. From the collapse of ‘degree’ in Troilus and Cressida to the corruption at the heart of innocence in Measure for Measure, to the puzzling status of virtue and valour in All’s Well, the most obvious feature of these plays in their capacity to prompt new questions. In a detailed discussion of each play in turn, the author traces the dominant themes that both distinguish and unite them, and provides numerous insights into the sources, background, texture and morality of the plays.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 100035010X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
What is it that makes Shakespeare’s problem plays problematic? Many critics have sought for the underlying vision or message of these puzzling and disturbing dramas. Originally published in 1987, the key to Viv Thomas’s new synthesis of the plays is the idea of fracture and dissolution in the universe. From the collapse of ‘degree’ in Troilus and Cressida to the corruption at the heart of innocence in Measure for Measure, to the puzzling status of virtue and valour in All’s Well, the most obvious feature of these plays in their capacity to prompt new questions. In a detailed discussion of each play in turn, the author traces the dominant themes that both distinguish and unite them, and provides numerous insights into the sources, background, texture and morality of the plays.
Shakespeare and the Problem of Adaptation
Author: Margaret Jane Kidnie
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0415308674
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Kidnie brings current debates in performance criticism in contact with recent developments in textual studies to explore what it is that distinguishes Shakespearean work from its apparent other, the adaptation.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0415308674
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Kidnie brings current debates in performance criticism in contact with recent developments in textual studies to explore what it is that distinguishes Shakespearean work from its apparent other, the adaptation.
Character Problems in Shakespeare's Plays
Author: Levin Ludwig Schücking
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Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Shakespeare's Problem Plays
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1627932534
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
A collection containing Alls Well that Ends Well, Measure for Measure, and The History of Troilus and Cressida
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1627932534
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
A collection containing Alls Well that Ends Well, Measure for Measure, and The History of Troilus and Cressida
Shakespeare's Problem Plays
Author: Simon Barker
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1137208902
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
This New Casebook offers a wide-ranging selection of contemporary critical readings of Shakespeare's three 'problem plays': All's Well that Ends Well, Measure for Measure and Trolius and Cressida. Together, they reflect the diversity of late twentieth-century theory and the controversy that continues to be generated by the plays, and discuss a variety of key issues. These include the meaning of the term 'problem play', the historical context and political and cultural significance of the plays, as well as issues of staging and theatre history. The volume also provides a helpful introduction which guides the reader through the critical approaches, terms and debates, as well as explanatory notes for each essay and a useful section on further reading.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1137208902
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
This New Casebook offers a wide-ranging selection of contemporary critical readings of Shakespeare's three 'problem plays': All's Well that Ends Well, Measure for Measure and Trolius and Cressida. Together, they reflect the diversity of late twentieth-century theory and the controversy that continues to be generated by the plays, and discuss a variety of key issues. These include the meaning of the term 'problem play', the historical context and political and cultural significance of the plays, as well as issues of staging and theatre history. The volume also provides a helpful introduction which guides the reader through the critical approaches, terms and debates, as well as explanatory notes for each essay and a useful section on further reading.
Shakespeare's problem plays
Author: William B. Toole
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3111392228
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3111392228
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Gender and Performance in Shakespeare's Problem Comedies
Author: David F. McCandless
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253113344
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
"This is exactly the kind of work, with its synthesis of theory, close reading, and deconstructive performance criticism that many of us in the profession have been looking for." -- Joel B. Altman, University of California, Berkeley "McCandless's book represents an inventive and illuminating account that not only produces a theoretically activated text but also explores a range of options for staging it, turning theoretical into theatrical meanings." -- Barbara Hodgdon, Drake University "The writing is clear, snappy, wonderfully informed with a vivid and experienced theatrical imagination... a book that taught me a good deal about the problem comedies, especially from the vantage point of performance, though the insights into performance are fully and incisively integrated with, and they richly illuminate, formal, thematic, and psychological vantage points on the play." -- Richard P. Wheeler, University of Illinois Composed at a critical moment in English history, All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, and Troilus and Cressida -- Shakespeare's problem plays -- dramatize a crisis in the sex-gender system. They register a male dread of emasculation and engulfment, a fear of female authority and sexuality. In these plays males identify desire for a female as dangerous and unmanly, females contend and confound traditional femininity. David McCandless's book is a unique and invigorating example of performance criticism that illuminates these difficult, sometimes-overlooked tragicomedies. It is an original and timely contribution to Shakespearean theater scholarship.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253113344
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
"This is exactly the kind of work, with its synthesis of theory, close reading, and deconstructive performance criticism that many of us in the profession have been looking for." -- Joel B. Altman, University of California, Berkeley "McCandless's book represents an inventive and illuminating account that not only produces a theoretically activated text but also explores a range of options for staging it, turning theoretical into theatrical meanings." -- Barbara Hodgdon, Drake University "The writing is clear, snappy, wonderfully informed with a vivid and experienced theatrical imagination... a book that taught me a good deal about the problem comedies, especially from the vantage point of performance, though the insights into performance are fully and incisively integrated with, and they richly illuminate, formal, thematic, and psychological vantage points on the play." -- Richard P. Wheeler, University of Illinois Composed at a critical moment in English history, All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, and Troilus and Cressida -- Shakespeare's problem plays -- dramatize a crisis in the sex-gender system. They register a male dread of emasculation and engulfment, a fear of female authority and sexuality. In these plays males identify desire for a female as dangerous and unmanly, females contend and confound traditional femininity. David McCandless's book is a unique and invigorating example of performance criticism that illuminates these difficult, sometimes-overlooked tragicomedies. It is an original and timely contribution to Shakespearean theater scholarship.