Shakespeare and the Rival Playwrights, 1600-1606David Farley-Hills argues that Shakespeare did not work in splendid isolation, but responded as any other playwright to the commercial and artistic pressures of his time. In this book he offers an interpretation of seven of Shakespeare's plays in the light of pressures exerted by his major contemporary rivals. The plays discussed are Hamlet, Troilus and Cressida, All's Well That Ends Well, Othello, Measure for Measure, Timon of Athens, and King Lear. |
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... ROYAL MEASURES: MEASURE FOR MEASURE AND MIDDLETON'S COMEDY OF DISILLUSIONMENT. CONTENTS. Notes Index 6. ANGER'S PRIVILEGE: TIMON OF ATHENS AND KING LEAR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I should like to thank my departmental colleague Johanna.
... ROYAL MEASURES: MEASURE FOR MEASURE AND MIDDLETON'S COMEDY OF DISILLUSIONMENT. CONTENTS. Notes Index 6. ANGER'S PRIVILEGE: TIMON OF ATHENS AND KING LEAR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I should like to thank my departmental colleague Johanna.
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... King Lear, a play that out-tops his rivals and challenges in its grandeur the greatest achievement of the ancient Greek theatre. Such extraordinary changes and re-directions cry out for explanation, more especially because in the years ...
... King Lear, a play that out-tops his rivals and challenges in its grandeur the greatest achievement of the ancient Greek theatre. Such extraordinary changes and re-directions cry out for explanation, more especially because in the years ...
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... King Hamlet's recent death. It would clearly have been the kind of prudent move one would expect from Claudius to 'inhibit' the city players during the crisis in order to forestall unwanted comment. This would also explain why Q2, the ...
... King Hamlet's recent death. It would clearly have been the kind of prudent move one would expect from Claudius to 'inhibit' the city players during the crisis in order to forestall unwanted comment. This would also explain why Q2, the ...
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... king) his hatred of the Spaniards is a matter of stance rather than genuine grievance. His desire to be evil far outweighs his political interests as, for instance, when he keeps his enemies alive in order to enjoy tormenting them in ...
... king) his hatred of the Spaniards is a matter of stance rather than genuine grievance. His desire to be evil far outweighs his political interests as, for instance, when he keeps his enemies alive in order to enjoy tormenting them in ...
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... king Ferdinand in full sight of the audience (weakening, one would have thought, arguments that Hamlet's failure to kill Claudius is to be explained in terms of royal inaccessibility). Because the playwrights can take for granted a ...
... king Ferdinand in full sight of the audience (weakening, one would have thought, arguments that Hamlet's failure to kill Claudius is to be explained in terms of royal inaccessibility). Because the playwrights can take for granted a ...
Contents
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA | |
ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL | |
A MAN KILLED WITH KINDNESS | |
MEASURE FOR MEASURE AND MIDDLETONS COMEDY | |
Notes | |
Index | |
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