Shakespeare
David Bevington (Author)
An introduction for the beginning student, between college and the university, as well as the general reader and non-specialist student doing a literature topic or minor, to Shakespeare. It is structured along the parabolic curve represented by Shakespeare's "seven ages" of the human condition.
x, 250 Seiten : Illustrationen.
9780631227182, 9780631227199, 0631227180, 0631227199
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1. All the World's a Stage: Poetry and Theatre. 2. Creeping Like Snail: Childhood, Education, Early Friendship, Sibling Rivalries. 3. Sighing Like Furnace: Courtship and Sexual Desire. 4. Full of Strange oaths and Bearded Like the Pard: The Coming of Age of the Male. 5. Jealous in Honor: Love and Friendship in Crisis. 6. Wise Saws: Political and Social Disillusionment, Humankind's Relationship to the Divine, and Philosophical Skepticism. 7. Modern Instances: Misogyny, Jealousy, Pessimism, and Midlife Crisis. 8. The Lean and Slippered Pantaloon: Aging Fathers and their Daughters.