The Problem Plays of Shakespeare: A Study of Julius Caesar, Measure for Measure, Antony and CleopatraThe opening chapter traces the history of the term 'problem plays' as applied to Shakespeare and defines it more clearly and precisely than has been done in the past. Julius Caesar, Measure for Measure, Antony and Cleopatra are then discussed in separate chapters, not only as problem plays but from various points of view: such matters as themes, structural pattern, character-problems, the play's relation to its sources as well as to other plays in the canon, are all touched upon. |
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A Study of Julius Caesar, Measure for Measure, Antony and Cleopatra Ernest Schanzer. E. S. INTRODUCTION DOI: 10.4324/9781315018522-1 IT SEEMS that the first to have.
A Study of Julius Caesar, Measure for Measure, Antony and Cleopatra Ernest Schanzer. E. S. INTRODUCTION DOI: 10.4324/9781315018522-1 IT SEEMS that the first to have.
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... that the term 'problem play' is most usefully applied 'to those productions which clearly do not fall into the category of tragedy, and yet are too Serious and analytic to fit the commonly accepted conception of comedy' (p. 5). 'Problem ...
... that the term 'problem play' is most usefully applied 'to those productions which clearly do not fall into the category of tragedy, and yet are too Serious and analytic to fit the commonly accepted conception of comedy' (p. 5). 'Problem ...
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... . 5 ( 1959 ) , and in Shake- speare Survey ( 196o ) . I wish to thank those responsible for per- mission to reprint this material in a revised form . E. S. INTRODUCTION IT SEEMS that the first to have thought of X Preface INTRODUCTION.
... . 5 ( 1959 ) , and in Shake- speare Survey ( 196o ) . I wish to thank those responsible for per- mission to reprint this material in a revised form . E. S. INTRODUCTION IT SEEMS that the first to have thought of X Preface INTRODUCTION.
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... that the first to have thought of grouping together All's Well , Measure for Measure , Troilus and Cressida , and Hamlet , and of calling them ' Shakespeare's Problem Plays ' , was F. S. Boas . In Shakspere and his Predecessors ( 1896 ) ...
... that the first to have thought of grouping together All's Well , Measure for Measure , Troilus and Cressida , and Hamlet , and of calling them ' Shakespeare's Problem Plays ' , was F. S. Boas . In Shakspere and his Predecessors ( 1896 ) ...
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... that the term ' problem play ' is most usefully applied ' to those productions which clearly do not fall into the category of tragedy , and yet are too serious and analytic to fit the commonly accepted conception of comedy ' ( p . 5 ) ...
... that the term ' problem play ' is most usefully applied ' to those productions which clearly do not fall into the category of tragedy , and yet are too serious and analytic to fit the commonly accepted conception of comedy ' ( p . 5 ) ...
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