Author: Marion Gibson
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1472500318
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
This volume in the long-running and acclaimed Shakespeare Dictionary series is a detailed, critical reference work examining all aspects of magic, good and evil, across Shakespeare's works. Topics covered include the representation of fairies, witches, ghosts, devils and spirits.
Shakespeare's Demonology
Author: Marion Gibson
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1472500318
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
This volume in the long-running and acclaimed Shakespeare Dictionary series is a detailed, critical reference work examining all aspects of magic, good and evil, across Shakespeare's works. Topics covered include the representation of fairies, witches, ghosts, devils and spirits.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1472500318
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
This volume in the long-running and acclaimed Shakespeare Dictionary series is a detailed, critical reference work examining all aspects of magic, good and evil, across Shakespeare's works. Topics covered include the representation of fairies, witches, ghosts, devils and spirits.
Shakespeare's Demonology
Author: Marion Gibson
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1780936184
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Is postdramatic theatre political and if so how? How does it relate to Brecht's ideas of political theatre, for example? How can we account for the relationship between aesthetics and politics in new forms of theatre, playwriting, and performance? The chapters in this book discuss crucial aspects of the issues raised by the postdramatic turn in theatre in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century: the status of the audience and modes of spectatorship in postdramatic theatre; the political claims of postdramatic theatre; postdramatic theatre's ongoing relationship with the dramatic tradition; its dialectical qualities, or its eschewing of the dialectic; questions of representation and the real in theatre; the role of bodies, perception, appearance and theatricality in postdramatic theatre; as well as subjectivity and agency in postdramatic theatre, dance and performance. Offering analyses of a wide range of international performance examples, scholars in this volume engage with Hans-Thies Lehmann's theoretical positions both affirmatively and critically, relating them to other approaches by thinkers ranging from early theorists such as Brecht, Adorno and Benjamin, to contemporary thinkers such as Fischer-Lichte, Rancière and others
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1780936184
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Is postdramatic theatre political and if so how? How does it relate to Brecht's ideas of political theatre, for example? How can we account for the relationship between aesthetics and politics in new forms of theatre, playwriting, and performance? The chapters in this book discuss crucial aspects of the issues raised by the postdramatic turn in theatre in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century: the status of the audience and modes of spectatorship in postdramatic theatre; the political claims of postdramatic theatre; postdramatic theatre's ongoing relationship with the dramatic tradition; its dialectical qualities, or its eschewing of the dialectic; questions of representation and the real in theatre; the role of bodies, perception, appearance and theatricality in postdramatic theatre; as well as subjectivity and agency in postdramatic theatre, dance and performance. Offering analyses of a wide range of international performance examples, scholars in this volume engage with Hans-Thies Lehmann's theoretical positions both affirmatively and critically, relating them to other approaches by thinkers ranging from early theorists such as Brecht, Adorno and Benjamin, to contemporary thinkers such as Fischer-Lichte, Rancière and others
Christian Settings in Shakespeare's Tragedies
Author: D. Douglas Waters
Publisher: Associated University Presse
ISBN: 9780838635285
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Battenhouse's Shakespearean tragedy: Its art and Christian premises, Irving Ribner's Patterns in Shakespearian tragedy, Virgil K. Whitaker's The mirror up to nature: The techniques of Shakespeare's tragedies, and Robert Grams Hunter's Shakespeare and the mystery of God's judgments. Waters questions, for example, Battenhouse's validity of Christian theological and didactic emphases on the old purgation theory of catharsis. His approach differs also from Northrop Frye's views on the tragedies in Northrop Frye on Shakespeare, an archetypal approach to representative plays including the tragedies.
Publisher: Associated University Presse
ISBN: 9780838635285
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Battenhouse's Shakespearean tragedy: Its art and Christian premises, Irving Ribner's Patterns in Shakespearian tragedy, Virgil K. Whitaker's The mirror up to nature: The techniques of Shakespeare's tragedies, and Robert Grams Hunter's Shakespeare and the mystery of God's judgments. Waters questions, for example, Battenhouse's validity of Christian theological and didactic emphases on the old purgation theory of catharsis. His approach differs also from Northrop Frye's views on the tragedies in Northrop Frye on Shakespeare, an archetypal approach to representative plays including the tragedies.
Shakespeare Studies, Vol. XLIV (44)
Author: James R. Siemon
Publisher: Associated University Presse
ISBN: 0838644805
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Shakespeare Studies is an annual volume containing essays and studies by critics and cultural historians from around the world. This issue features a forum on the work of Terence Hawkes. In addition there are papers by five young scholars, five new articles, and reviews of ten books.
Publisher: Associated University Presse
ISBN: 0838644805
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Shakespeare Studies is an annual volume containing essays and studies by critics and cultural historians from around the world. This issue features a forum on the work of Terence Hawkes. In addition there are papers by five young scholars, five new articles, and reviews of ten books.
Shakespeare's Insults
Author: Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474252680
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
Why are certain words used as insults in Shakespeare's world and what do these words do and say? Shakespeare's plays abound with insults which are more often merely cited than thoroughly studied, quotation prevailing over exploration. The purpose of this richly detailed dictionary is to go beyond the surface of these words and to analyse why and how words become insults in Shakespeare's world. It's an invaluable resource and reference guide for anyone grappling with the complexities and rewards of Shakespeare's inventive use of language in the realm of insult and verbal sparring.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474252680
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
Why are certain words used as insults in Shakespeare's world and what do these words do and say? Shakespeare's plays abound with insults which are more often merely cited than thoroughly studied, quotation prevailing over exploration. The purpose of this richly detailed dictionary is to go beyond the surface of these words and to analyse why and how words become insults in Shakespeare's world. It's an invaluable resource and reference guide for anyone grappling with the complexities and rewards of Shakespeare's inventive use of language in the realm of insult and verbal sparring.
Elizabethan Demonology
Author: Thomas Alfred Spalding
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465595961
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465595961
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Author: SENGUPTA, GAUTAM
Publisher: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN: 9387472469
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The Tragedy of Macbeth is the shortest tragedy written by William Shakespeare. Macbeth, the protagonist of the play, is portrayed as a successful Scottish general in the army of King Duncan. Macbeth, one day, gets politically instigated by a trio of witches that he would become the King of Scotland soon. Encouraged by his wife (Lady Macbeth) and taken over by greed and action, Macbeth murders King Duncan, and becomes the King of Scotland. Key Features • Clear language with complete annotations. • Act-wise Scene-wise summary given at the end of every Act. • Plot-wise Commentary given at the end of the text. • Critical Essay explaining 'Themes that emerge out of Macbeth' and 'Under the Critics' Lens' have been provided. Target Audience B.A. / M.A. English
Publisher: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN: 9387472469
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The Tragedy of Macbeth is the shortest tragedy written by William Shakespeare. Macbeth, the protagonist of the play, is portrayed as a successful Scottish general in the army of King Duncan. Macbeth, one day, gets politically instigated by a trio of witches that he would become the King of Scotland soon. Encouraged by his wife (Lady Macbeth) and taken over by greed and action, Macbeth murders King Duncan, and becomes the King of Scotland. Key Features • Clear language with complete annotations. • Act-wise Scene-wise summary given at the end of every Act. • Plot-wise Commentary given at the end of the text. • Critical Essay explaining 'Themes that emerge out of Macbeth' and 'Under the Critics' Lens' have been provided. Target Audience B.A. / M.A. English
Shakespeare and the Outer Mystery
Author: Robert H. West
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813183596
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Shakespeare has been viewed by critics both as a secular writer who affirmed the dual nature of man and as a Christian allegorist whose work has a submerged but positive and elaborate pattern of Christian meaning. In Shakespeare and the Outer Mystery, Robert H. West explores the philosophical and supernatural elements of five Shakespearean dramas—Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and The Tempest. Through his analysis, West discovers Shakespeare's respect for the mysteries of existence but no clear definition of the philosophical and moral context of his play worlds. An artistic motivation leads Shakespeare to use these elements ambiguously to create a dramatic effect rather than to teach a moral or ideological lesson.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813183596
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Shakespeare has been viewed by critics both as a secular writer who affirmed the dual nature of man and as a Christian allegorist whose work has a submerged but positive and elaborate pattern of Christian meaning. In Shakespeare and the Outer Mystery, Robert H. West explores the philosophical and supernatural elements of five Shakespearean dramas—Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and The Tempest. Through his analysis, West discovers Shakespeare's respect for the mysteries of existence but no clear definition of the philosophical and moral context of his play worlds. An artistic motivation leads Shakespeare to use these elements ambiguously to create a dramatic effect rather than to teach a moral or ideological lesson.
Shakespeare's England
Author: Charles Talbut Onions
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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English Demonology and Renaissance Drama
Author: Richard William Grinnell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description