Shakespeare

Poetry, History, and Culture
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-349-38020-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 268 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 416 g

In this stunning reinterpretation of Shakespeare s works, Jonathan Hart explores key topics such as love, lust, time, culture, and history to unlock the Bard s brilliant fictional worlds. From an in-depth look at the private and public myths of love in the narrative poems, through an examination of time in the sonnets, to a discussion of gender in the major history plays, this book offers close readings and new perspectives. Delving into the text and context of a wide range of poems and plays, Hart brings his wealth of experience to bear on Shakespeare s representation of history.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hart, J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction PART I: POETRY Contexts Venus and Adonis Rape of Lucrece Sonnets PART II: CULTURE AND HISTORY Barbarism and Its Contexts Shakespeare's Representation of History Shakespeare's England and Italy Gender in the Second Tetralogy Henry V Henry VIII Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

JONATHON HART is Director of Comparative Literature and Professor of English at University of Alberta, Canada.