| Description |
x, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Blackwell introductions to literature |
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Blackwell introductions to literature.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [242]-246) and index. |
| Contents |
All the world's a stage: poetry and theatre -- Creeping like snail: childhood, education, early friendship, sibling rivalries -- Sighing like furnace: courtship and sexual desire -- Full of strange oaths and bearded like the Pard: the coming-of-age of the male -- Jealous in honour: love and friendship in crisis -- Wise saws: political and social disillusionment, humankind's relationship to the divine, and philosophical scepticism -- Modern instances: misogyny, jealousy, pessimism, and midlife crisis -- The lean and slippered pantaloon: ageing fathers and their daughters -- Last scene of all: retirement from the theatre. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Themes, motives.
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| ISBN |
0631227180 alkaline paper |
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0631227199 paperback alkaline paper |
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