Why Shakespeare?
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Why Shakespeare?
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Why is Shakespeare as highly regarded now as he ever has been? This book's answer to this question counters claims that Shakespeare's iconic status is no more than an accident of history. The plays, Belsey argues, entice us into a world we recognize by retelling traditional fairy tales with a difference, each chapter providing a detailed reading.
Table of Contents
Preface.- Shakespeare's Singularity.- As You Like It and The Golden Goose.- King Lear and the Missing Salt.- The Exiled Princes in The Winter's Tale .- Fairy Tales for Grown-ups in A Midsummer Night's Dream.- Hamlet and the Reluctant Hero.- Twelfth Night and the Riddle of Gender.- Cultural Difference as Conundrum in The Merchant of Venice.- Happily Ever After?.- Further Reading.- Abbreviations and References.- Notes.- Index.
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