John Russell-Brown

A.C. Bradley on Shakespeare's Tragedies (eBook, PDF)

A Concise Edition and Reassessment

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This guide helps students navigate A.C. Bradley's classic text, while providing an important commentary on the value of Bradley's approach and how it can be adapted to present-day interests. John Russell Brown highlights the advantages of understanding Bradley's methods and provides major insights for any student of Shakespeare.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230207141
• Artikelnr.: 62944869

Autorenporträt

JOHN RUSSELL-BROWN is an Honorary Visiting Professor at University College London, and has held chairs of English and Theatre in both England and the USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
PART ONE: PRACTICAL STUDY AND CRITICISM
Verbal and Physical Imagery
Subtextual Meanings, Tensions and Sensations
Action, Narrative and Plot
Characters
The Hero
Contexts
Bradley's Scepticism and Search for a 'Tragic Vision'
PART TWO: FROM SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY AND LATER LECTURES
Hamlet
Othello
King Lear
Macbeth
Antony and Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Biographical Notes.