Shakespeare's Tragedies Shakespeare's Tragedies
Very Short Introductions

Shakespeare's Tragedies

A Very Short Introduction

Stanley Wells
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Publisher Description

Shakespeare's tragedies contain an astonishing variety of suffering, from suicides and murders to dismemberments and grief. Stanley Wells considers how the bard's tragic plays drew on the literary and theatrical conventions of his time. Discussing the individual plays, he also explores why tragedy is regarded as a fit subject for entertainment.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2017
April 13
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
144
Pages
PUBLISHER
OUP Oxford
SELLER
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford trading as Oxford University Press
SIZE
2.4
MB

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