The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy / edited by Claire McEachern.
| Other author | McEachern, Claire, 1963- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication | Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003. |
| Description | xiii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Sample text |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy |
| Portion of title | Shakespearean Tragedy |
| Series | Cambridge 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 note | Little-473589--305131069416$ |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-271) and index. |
| Genre/form | Handbooks and manuals. |
| LCCN | 2002067262 |
| ISBN | 0521790093 |
| ISBN | 9780521790093 |
| ISBN | 0521793599 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780521793599 (pbk.) |