Shakespeare's Late Work

Name: Shakespeare's Late Work
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ISBN: 9780199265954

ISBN-10: 019926595X

ISBN-13: 9780199265954

Edition: 2006

Authors: Raphael Lyne

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Shakespeare's Late Work is a detailed reading of the plays written at the end of Shakespeare's career, centering on Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, and The Tempest. Unlike many previous studies it considers all the late work, including Henry VIII, The Two Noble Kinsmen, the revised Folio version of King Lear, and even what can be ascertained about the lost Cardenio. From this broadened canon emerge signs of a distinct identity for the late work. Lyne explores how Shakespeare sets great store in grand principles--faith in God, love of family, reverence for monarchs, and belief in theatrical representations of truth. However, there is also a ubiquitous and structuring irony whereby…

Book details

List price: $36.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/3/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 184
Size: 5.31" wide x 7.99" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English




The Late Shakespearian Canon



Seeing is Believing



Faith and Revelation



Family Romances



Conservative Endings



Shakespeare, Middleton, and Fletcher



Shakespeare, Early and Late


Further Reading


Notes


Index