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_bSHA
245 0 0 _aShakespearean tragedy
260 _aLondon ; New York :
_bLongman,
_c1992
300 _axi, 433 p. ;
490 _aLongman critical readers
505 _aSemiotics. The great eclipse : tragic form as the deconsecration of sovereignty / Franco Moretti -- The breakdown of medieval hierarchy in King Lear / Alessandro Serpieri -- Marxism and materialism. Aristocratic failure / Walter Cohen -- Shakespeare's theater : tradition and experiment / Robert Weimann -- New historicism. The improvisation of power / Stephen Greenblatt -- Cultural materialism. King Lear (c. 1605-6) and essentialist humanism / Jonathan Dollimore -- Feminism. Finding a place / Catherine Belsey -- The late tragedies / Marilyn French -- Representing Ophelia : women, madness and the responsibilities of feminist criticism / Elaine Showalter -- Psychoanalytical criticism. Romeo and Juliet : love-hatred in the couple / Julia Kristeva -- Othello : a tragedy of conversion : black magic and white magic / André Green. "Anger's my meat" : feeding, dependency and aggression in Coriolanus / Janet Adelman -- Post-structuralism and materialism. Albion's confusion / Malcolm Evans -- Value : King Lear, Timon of Athens, Antony and Cleopatra / Terry Eagleton -- A sea shell / Terence Hawkes.
520 _aThe outlines of contemporary critical theory are now often taught as a standard feature of a degree in literary studies. This text aims to explore the theoretical issues and conflicts embodied in the essays selected and locates areas of disagreement between positions.
650 0 _aTragedy.
650 0 _aShakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616.
650 0 _aCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 _aEnglish drama -- Tragedies
700 1 _aDrakakis, John. (Editor)
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