The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy / edited by Claire McEachern.

Other author McEachern, Claire, 1963-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
PublicationCambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Descriptionxiii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Portion of title Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy
Portion of title Shakespearean Tragedy
SeriesCambridge companions to literature
Cambridge companions to literature.
Contents What is a Shakespearean tragedy? / Tom McAlindon -- The language of tragedy / Russ McDonald -- Tragedy in Shakespeare's career / David Bevington -- Shakespearean tragedy printed and performed / Michael Warren -- Religion and Shakespearean tragedy / Huston Diehl -- Tragedy and political authority / Michael Hattaway -- Gender and family / Catherine Belsey -- The tragic subject and its passions / Gail Kern Paster -- Tragedies of revenge and ambition / Robert N. Watson -- Shakespeare's tragedies of love / Catherine Bates.
Contents Shakespeare's classical tragedies / Coppélia Kahn -- The critical reception of Shakespeare's tragedies / R.A. Foakes -- Antony and Cleopatra in the theatre / Barbara Hodgdon.
Abstract Acquaints the student reader with the forms, contexts, and critical and theatrical lives of the ten plays considered to be Shakespeare's tragedies. Shakespearean tragedy is a highly complex and demanding theatre genre, but the thirteen essays, written by leading scholars in Britain and North America, are clear, concise and informative.
Local noteLittle-473589--305131069416$
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 264-271) and index.
Genre/formHandbooks and manuals.
LCCN 2002067262
ISBN0521790093
ISBN9780521790093
ISBN0521793599 (pbk.)
ISBN9780521793599 (pbk.)