Shakespeare's Irrational Endings

The Problem Plays
2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-27761-8
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 183 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 386 g

Problem Plays' has been an awkward category for those Shakespeare plays that don't fit the conventional groupings. Expanding from the traditional three plays to six, the book argues that they share dramatic structures designed intentionally by Shakespeare to disturb his audience by frustrating their expectations.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Margolies, D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Introduction All's Well That Ends Well Much Ado about Nothing Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice Troilus and Cressida Othello Conclusion Notes Index

Über Autor(innen)

DAVID MARGOLIES Emeritus Professor of English at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. He has published widely on Shakespeare and popular culture, notably and .