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Possessed with Greatness - The Heroic Tragedies of Chapman and Shakespeare

English · Paperback / Softback

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Ide argues that some of Chapman's and Shakespeare's best Jacobean plays are related by genre, tragic hero, and the type of tragic conflict. Although the two playwrights clearly share a fascination for the soldier hero and an acute awareness of his social incompetence and deviance, the dramas reveal sharply divergent attitudes toward his heroic idealism. In this respect, the heroic tragedies form a dialogue on the values, ideals, and assumptions of the epic genre and the heroic tradition.

Originally published in 1980.

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Authors Richard S Ide, Richard S. Ide
Publisher The University of North Carolina Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.06.2012
 
EAN 9780807873908
ISBN 978-0-8078-7390-8
No. of pages 270
Dimensions 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
Weight 443 g
Series UNC Press Enduring Editions
Subjects Fiction > Poetry, drama
Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies

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