Name: Eight Tragedies of Shakespeare
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Author: Terry Eagleton
ISBN: 9781783607358

Type

Physical Book

Author

Victor Kiernan

Introduction by

Terry Eagleton

Publisher

Zed Books

Language

English

Pages

312

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.8 x 13.7 x 2.8 cm

Weight

0.50 kg.

ISBN13

9781783607358

Synopsis "Eight Tragedies of Shakespeare"

'This book rests on a lifetime's thinking about history. It helps us see Shakespeare in "a more realistic light".'Times Literary Supplement The seventeenth century saw the brief flowering of tragic drama across Western Europe. And in the plays of William Shakespeare, this form of drama found its greatest exponent. These Tragedies, Kiernan argues, represented the artistic expression of a new social and political consciousness which permeated every aspect of life in this period. In this book, Kiernan sets out to rescue the Tragedies from the reductionist interpretations of mainstream literary criticism, by uncovering the wider historical context which shaped Shakespeare's writings. Opening with an overview of contemporary England, the development of the theatre, and a portrait of Shakespeare as a writer, Kiernan goes on to provide an in-depth analysis of eight of his Tragedies - from Julius Caesar to Coriolanus - drawing out their contrasts and recurring themes, and exploring their attitudes to monarchy, war, religion, philosophy, and changing relations between men and women. Featuring a new introduction by Terry Eagleton, this is an invaluable resource for those looking for a new perspective on Shakespeare's writings.

Terry Eagleton

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Profesor de Literatura inglesa en la Lancaster University, de Teoría cultural en la National University of Ireland y profesor visitante en la University of Notre Dame. Se doctoró en el Trinity College de Cambridge, fue profesor en el Jesus College, en la Manchester University y en diferentes centros académicos de Oxford. Discípulo de Raymond Williams, Eagleton ha unido los estudios culturales con la teoría literaria, el marxismo y el psicoanálisis.

Ha publicado alrededor de cuarenta libros, entre los que destacan Ideología (1997), La idea de cultura(2001), El portero (2004), La estética como ideología (2006), Terror santo (2008), El sentido de la vida (2008), Sobre el mal (2010), Razón, fe y revolución(2012), y El acontecimiento de la literatura (2013).

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