| Description |
112 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Bloom's major dramatists |
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Bloom's major dramatists.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-110) and index. |
| Contents |
Biography of William Shakespeare -- Plot summary of Pericles -- List of characters in Pericles -- Critical views on Pericles: -- John P. Cutts on Perilces' violent nature -- William O. Scott on the importance of Marina's singing -- Thelma N. Greenfield on Pericles' resourcefulness -- Howard Felperin on Shakespeare's artistic powers in Pericles -- John Arthos on Pericles' romantic narrative -- Plot summary of Cymbeline -- List of characters in Cymbeline -- Critical views on Cymbeline: -- Peggy Muñoz Simonds on the eagle's mythic meanings -- Roger Warren on Imogen's chastity -- Peter Alexander on Imogen's voice -- John Philip Brockbank on Shakespeare's sources -- Michael Taylor on the grotesque in Imogen's dream -- Arthur C. Kirsch on Shakespeare's "Self-Consciousness" -- Plot summary of The winter tale -- List of characters in The winter's tale -- Critical views on The winter's tale: -- Daryl. W. Palmer on Russian and the English imagination -- Nevill Coghill on Shakespeare's skill -- Charles R. Forker on the paradoxes of art and nature -- Stephen Orgel on The winter's tale and the modern audience -- Charles Frey on the tragic structure of The winter's tale -- Plot summary of The tempest -- List of characters in The tempest -- Critical views on The tempest: -- L.T. Fitz on nature's conflicting images in The tempest -- Don Cameron Allen on the union of experience and imagination -- Theodore Spencer on Shakespeare's vision of nature -- Jonathan Bate on Calaban and colonial oppression -- Stephen Jay Greenblatt on Prospero as the creator of anxiety -- John Dover Wilson on Shakespeare's retirement. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Tragicomedies -- Examinations -- Study guides.
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| Added Author |
Bloom, Harold.
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| ISBN |
0791052443 hardcover |
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