Character and the Supernatural in Shakespeare and Achebe

This book explores how Shakespeare and Achebe appropriate supernatural devices like prophecies, dreams, beliefs, and divinations to create complex characters such as Macbeth, Othello, Okonkwo, and Ezeulu.

Info autore

Kenneth Usongo received a PhD in comparative literature from the University of Denver, USA, and a doctorate in English literary studies from the University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon. He is the author of Politics and Romance in Shakespeare’s Four Great Tragedies and Art and Political Thought in Bole Butake.

Riassunto

This book explores how Shakespeare and Achebe appropriate supernatural devices like prophecies, dreams, beliefs, and divinations to create complex characters such as Macbeth, Othello, Okonkwo, and Ezeulu.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kenneth Usongo, Usongo Kenneth
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.05.2023
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica
• EAN: 9780367710934
• ISBN: 978-0-367-71093-4
• Numero di pagine: 152
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Speculative Fiction
• Categorie: DRAMA / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, FICTION / Occult & Supernatural, Africa, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, FICTION / Horror, Horror & ghost stories, New Historicism, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Horror and supernatural fiction, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Plays, Playscripts, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, comparative literature theory, literary character psychology, Igbo cultural studies, supernatural influence on protagonists, Elizabethan beliefs, tragic flaw analysis