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The author "traces out literal and symbolic meanings; he analyzes plot relationships; he examines characters in terms of both their psychological and their moral situations, and style in relation to both character and meaning. He traces some effects due to historical meanings which have now been lost by certain words, and he tries to measure the impact of the drama upon, and its significance for, the modern consciousness."--Amazon.com
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A tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his attempts to exact revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet's mother.
5) The tempest
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This edition of The Tempest is the first dedicated to its stage history. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, it examines four centuries of mainstream, regional, and fringe productions in Britain (including Dryden and Davenant's Restoration adaptation), nineteenth- and twentieth-century American stagings, and recent Australian, Canadian, French, Italian, and Japanese productions. In a substantial, illustrated Introduction Dymkowski analyses the cultural...
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"Probing deep into Shakespeare's mind and milieu, E.M.W. Tillyard's brilliant, carefully documented study of the history plays is unique in its scope. Beginning with a survey of the plays' historical and literary backgrounds, it uncovers sources of the religious, political and philosophical beliefs that influenced Shakespeare. Then, connecting eight plays spanning the reigns of Richard II and Richard III, it shows Shakespeare's masterful shaping of...
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"Comparison of Shakespeare's sources with his finished plays reveals how the playwright borrowed and molded his material. The principal sources-- modernized and newly translated-- are provided for these plays: Richard III, Richard II, The Merchant of Venice, Henry IV Part One, Henry IV Part Two, Henry V, Julius Ceasar, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra." -Publisher.
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