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Twayne's English authors volume TEAS 415
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English
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Before the explication of each tragedy, an introductory chapter will present hypotheses for the enduring appeal and meaning of the tragedy.
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Twayne's English authors volume TEAS 478
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English
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Bieman attempts to show that each of these 4 plays is a complex reworking of classical, medieval, and Renaissance romantic tradition.
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Twayne's English authors volume TEAS 489
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English
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Demonstrates how Shakespeare fused elements of realism and fantasy, used tensions between social institutions and the individual, mixed interactions between actors and audience and characters with one another, etc.
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Twayne's English authors volume TEAS 493
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English
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Though the acceptance of William Shakespeare as the primary author of the western canon is now a cultural fact, the Renaissance theatergoer could not have known with certainty that such a skilled chronicler of history would come to hold such a mighty place in that history himself. Recognized as the preeminent playwright and poet of England, Shakespeare spent the first third of his career dramatizing the exploits of past rulers of the kingdom. The...
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Twayne's English authors volume TEAS 499
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English
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Critical discussion of three Shakespeare plays, Troilus and Cressida, All's Well that Ends Well, and Measure for Measure, that defy attempts to classify them as either comedy, romance, tragedy, or satire.