| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 227 pages) |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; PREFACE; 1. Tragic Death and Dull Survival; 2. An Art of Dying; 3. Hamlet; 4. King Lear; 5. Othello and Antony & Cleopatra; NOTES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
| Summary |
In this book, Walter Foreman studies the closing scenes of Shakespeare's tragedies, considering the tragic structure of the plays and the shapes the tragic characters give their lives by the way they encounter death. Foreman sees in the variety of tragic endings of the plays evidence that Shakespeare consciously experimented with tragic forms, for when he repeated he also changed, and changed more than superficially. Further, Foreman believes that these varieties and extensions of dramatic form were fundamentally a way of experiencing a various, often mysterious world. Extending and exploring t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Tragedies.
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare William -- Tragödie
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Shakespeare William -- Tragödie -- Dramenschluss
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Shakespeare William -- Tragödie -- Tod <Motiv>
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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Death in literature.
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Closure (Rhetoric)
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Tragedy.
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tragedies.
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tragedy (general genre)
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Closure (Rhetoric)
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Criticism and interpretation
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Death in literature
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Tragedy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813162928 |
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0813162920 |
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