| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 216 pages) : illustrations |
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illustration |
| Series |
Continuum Shakespeare studies |
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Continuum Shakespeare studies.
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| Contents |
The Reechy painting and the old church window -- Hamlet and the living dead -- Masochistic damnation in Othello -- Macbeth and the angels of doom -- The promised end of King Lear -- The end |
| Summary |
By connecting Shakespeares language to the stunning artwork that depicted the end of the world, this study provides not only provides a new reading of Shakespeare but illustrates how apocalyptic art continues to influence popular culture today. Drawing on extant examples of medieval imagery, Roger Christofides uses poststructuralist and psychoanalytic accounts of how language works to shed new light on our understanding of Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear. He then links Shakespeares dependence on his audience to appreciate the allusions made to the religious paintings to the present day |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 gnd |
| Subject |
Apocalypse in literature.
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English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
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English drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism
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DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
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Apocalypse in literature
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English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan
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English drama (Tragedy)
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Tragödie
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Weltuntergang
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Rezeption
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441183224 |
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1441183221 |
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9781441101303 |
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1441101306 |
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9781282133372 |
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1282133373 |
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9781472555229 |
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1472555228 |
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