Shakespeare's Dramatic Challenge: On the Rise of Shakespeare's Tragic HeroesFirst published in 2002. This is the Volume III of the five G. Wilson Knight collected works series and focuses on Shakespeare’s tragic heroes for his early to later tragedies or Timon of Athens, Anthony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus. This book has grown from Knight’s dramatic recital 'Shakespeare's Dramatic Challenge', and therefore includes a prefatory note on his stage experience. The complete record, with illustrations, has already been documented in Shakespearian Production (enlarged 1964), but a rather more personal account is offered here. |
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CONTENTS Preface Foreword Part 1: The Heroes Discussed 1 Introduction 2 Early Tragedy 3 On Poetic Acting 4 Transition 5 The Famous Tragedies 6 Timon of Athens 7 The Last Phase Part 2: The Performances Appendix: Granville-Barker and ...
CONTENTS Preface Foreword Part 1: The Heroes Discussed 1 Introduction 2 Early Tragedy 3 On Poetic Acting 4 Transition 5 The Famous Tragedies 6 Timon of Athens 7 The Last Phase Part 2: The Performances Appendix: Granville-Barker and ...
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Preface I record my gratitude to the Times Literary Supplement, which first printed the essay on Granville-Barker used in my Appendix; to Professor Henri Suhamy, for my use of his valuable paragraph on Julius Caesar; ...
Preface I record my gratitude to the Times Literary Supplement, which first printed the essay on Granville-Barker used in my Appendix; to Professor Henri Suhamy, for my use of his valuable paragraph on Julius Caesar; ...
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... and in particular those of Beerbohm Tree and Granville-Barker: I have written of them in Shakespearian Production. I did not get an opportunity to act myself until I went to Cheltenham to teach at Dean Close School in 1925.
... and in particular those of Beerbohm Tree and Granville-Barker: I have written of them in Shakespearian Production. I did not get an opportunity to act myself until I went to Cheltenham to teach at Dean Close School in 1925.
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My commentaries have always been characterised by exploitation of what Nietzsche calls the 'Dionysian' element in drama; far more so, by the way, than were Granville-Barker's Prefaces. I made some attempt to define the relation of these ...
My commentaries have always been characterised by exploitation of what Nietzsche calls the 'Dionysian' element in drama; far more so, by the way, than were Granville-Barker's Prefaces. I made some attempt to define the relation of these ...
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The late C.B. Purdom, biographer of Granville-Barker, wrote to me: 'You attempted a task such as not even the greatest actors have tried, and you succeeded through sheer intellectual force and physical courage.
The late C.B. Purdom, biographer of Granville-Barker, wrote to me: 'You attempted a task such as not even the greatest actors have tried, and you succeeded through sheer intellectual force and physical courage.
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| Title | Shakespeare's Dramatic Challenge: On the Rise of Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes Routledge Communication |
| Author | G. Wilson Knight |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2013 |
| ISBN | 1135647550, 9781135647551 |
| Length | 184 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Collections / Essays Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / Reference |
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