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Shakespeare: Three Problem Plays

By Nicholas Marsh

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2003
ISBN
9780333973677, 9781403919175, 0333973674
LCC
PR2801 .M37 2003
Open Library ID
OL24801063M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
599 kB (613094 bytes)
Series
Analysing Texts
Pages
272\293
Time added
2011-04-28 18:43:47

Description

Focusing on All's Well that Ends Well , Measure for Measure and Troilus and Cressida , Nicholas Marsh uses close analysis of extracts from the plays to build the reader's confidence when approaching Shakespeare's Problem Plays, and exploring the unresolved competing discourses they dramatize. In the first part of the text, chapters on Openings, Young Men, Women, Politics, and Society, Fools and fools, and Drama highlight the multiple interpretations these plays provoke. In the second part, discussion of where the Problem Plays stand in relation to Shakespeare's life and works, a chapter about the historical and cultural context, and a comparison of five critical views, with suggestions for further reading, provide a bridge towards further study.

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