Shakespeare: Three Problem Plays
Three Problem Plays
Published on 28. November 2002
Book
Hardback
XI, 280 pages
978-0-333-97367-7 (ISBN)
Description
Focussing on All's Well that Ends Well, Measure for Measure and Troilus and Cressida, Nicholas Marsh uses close analysis of extracts from the plays to build the reader's confidence when approaching Shakespeare's Problem Plays, and exploring the unresolved competing discourses they dramatise. In the first part of the text, chapters on Openings, Young Men, Women, Politics and Society, Fools and fools, and Drama highlight the multiple interpretations these plays provoke. In the second part, discussion of where the Problem Plays stand in relation to Shakespeare's life and works, a chapter about the historical and cultural context, and a comparison of five critical views, with suggestions for further reading, provide a bridge towards further study.
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Series
Edition
2002
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
582 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-97367-7 (9780333973677)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4039-1917-5
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Nicholas Marsh
Shakespeare: Three Problem Plays
Book
11/2002
Red Globe Press
€27.81
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Person
NICHOLAS MARSH teaches English at Francis Holland School, Regent's Park, London, and is Fellow of the English Association. He is author of the popular How to Begin Studying English Literature, now in its third edition, the Master Guide of The Wife of Bath's Tale, and many titles in the Analysing Texts series, of which he is also the General Editor.
Content
General Editor's Preface.- A Note on Editions.- Introduction.- PART I: ANALYSING SHAKESPEARE'S PROBLEM PLAYS.- Openings.- Young Men.- Women.- Politics and Society.- Fools and fools.- Drama.- Conclusions.- PART II: THE CONTEXT AND THE CRITICS.- The Problem Plays in Shakespeare's Works.- The Context.- A Sample of Critical Views.- Further Reading.- Index.