Shakespeare : Poetry, History, and Culture （1ST）

Hart, Jonathan

Palgrave Macmillan（2009/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 268 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780230616776
• DDC分類 822.33

基本説明

Veteran scholar, Jonathan Hart, explores notions of 'text' and 'context' in Shakespeare's work, highlighting the nuanced social and historical commentary that imbue The Bard's work.

Full Description

In this stunning reinterpretation of Shakespeare s works, Jonathan Hart explores key topics such as love, lust, time, culture, and history to unlock the Bard s brilliant fictional worlds. From an in-depth look at the private and public myths of love in the narrative poems, through an examination of time in the sonnets, to a discussion of gender in the major history plays, this book offers close readings and new perspectives. Delving into the text and context of a wide range of poems and plays, Hart brings his wealth of experience to bear on Shakespeare s representation of history.

Contents

Introduction PART I: POETRY Contexts Venus and Adonis Rape of Lucrece Sonnets PART II: CULTURE AND HISTORY Barbarism and Its Contexts Shakespeare's Representation of History Shakespeare's England and Italy Gender in the Second Tetralogy Henry V Henry VIII Conclusion