Shakespeare's Tragedies: All That Matters

@2@In @18@Shakespeare's Tragedies: All That Matters@19@, Michael Scott explores and explains the secrets that have made Shakespeare's tragedies so enduring that they continue to be performed, watched and studied by millions of people every year. @3@@2@Professor Scott concentrates on the four great tragedies - Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth - and builds an argument based around Shakespeare's use of language to prompt the audience's imagination and thought. This original little book, and its companion volume, @18@Shakespeare's Comedies@19@, will help you understand each of the plays in the context of its oeuvre and the changing concept of Shakespearean tragedy across the centuries.@3@@2@Appealing to both students and general readers, this book gives a fascinating introduction to Shakespeare's tragedies - and what matters most about them.@3@

Product details

• Authors: Michael Scott, Mike Scott
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9781444189926
• ISBN: 978-1-4441-8992-6
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 178 mm x 13 mm
• Series: All That Matters; All That Matters
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean