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Eight Tragedies of Shakespeare
Victor Kiernan
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Description for Eight Tragedies of Shakespeare
Paperback. Victor Kiernan provides a rich and insightful analysis of eight of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies, revealing how they were shaped by the social and political upheavals of his age. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
'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 ... Read more
'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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783606887
SKU
V9781783606887
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About Victor Kiernan
Victor Kiernan (1913-2009) ranks among Britain's most distinguished historians. After a fellowship at Trinity College, Cambridge, and a long period spent teaching in India, he joined the History Department at the University of Edinburgh, where he served as professor of modern history from 1970 until his retirement. Over the course of his life he authored such works as European Empires ... Read more
Reviews for 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 'Kiernan writes with passion and precision on the social and economic contexts of Shakespeare's plays.' Recent Studies in Tudor and Stuart Drama '[A] splendid Marxist exploration of Shakespeare's ... Read more