Shakespeare's Dramatic Genres

Name: Shakespeare's Dramatic Genres
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ISBN: 9780198711728

ISBN-10: 0198711727

ISBN-13: 9780198711728

Edition: 2000

Authors: Lawrence Danson

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The history of genres, or kinds, of drama is one of contradictory traditions and complex cultural assumptions. The divisions established by the original edition of Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies (the First Folio, 1623) give shape to whole curricula; but, as Lawrence Danson reminds us in this lively book, there is nothing inevitable, and much unsatisfying, about that tripartite scheme. Yet students of Shakespeare cannot avoid thinking about questions of genre; often they are the unspoken reason why classrooms full of smart people fail to agree on basic interpretive issues. Danson's guide to the kinds of Shakespearean drama provides an accessible account of…

Book details

List price: $41.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/16/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 166
Size: 5.31" wide x 7.99" long x 0.35" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Note on Texts


The Genres in Theory


The Genres Staged


Mr William Shakespeare's Comedies


History


Tragedy


Epilogue


Notes


Further Reading


Index