Shakespeare and Violence

Informationen zum Autor R. A. Foakes is Professor Emeritus at the Department of English, UCLA. Klappentext Explores the nature of violence in Shakespeare's plays and its connection to our own time. Zusammenfassung Shakespeare and Violence relates to current anxieties about the problem of violence! and shows how similar concerns are central in Shakespeare's plays. This 2002 book examines the development of Shakespeare's representations of violence and explains their importance in shaping his career as a dramatist. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Preface; 1. Introduction: 'Exterminate all the brutes'; 2. Shakespeare's culture of violence; 3. Shakespeare and the display of violence; 4. Plays and movies: Richard III and Romeo and Juliet; 5. Shakespeare on war: King John to Henry V; 6. Violence, Renaissance tragedy, and Hamlet; 7. The central tragedies and violence; 8. Roman violence and power games; 9. Violence and the late plays; 10. Afterword; Index.

Product details

• Authors: R A Foakes, R. A. Foakes, R. A. (University of California Foakes
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.12.2002
• EAN: 9780521527439
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52743-9
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet