Shakespeare and violence
Title:
Shakespeare and violence
Author:
Foakes, R. A.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Physical Description:
xiii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Introduction: 'Exterminate all the brutes' -- Shakespeare's culture of violence -- Shakespeare and the display of violence -- Plays and movies: Richard III and Romeo and Juliet -- Shakespeare on war: King John to Henry V -- Violence, Renaissance tragedy, and Hamlet -- Central tragedies and violence -- Roman violence and power games -- Violence and the late plays -- Afterword
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Electronic Access:
Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam033/2002067610.htmlPublisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam031/2002067610.html
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam031/2002067610.html
ISBN:
9780521820431
9780521527439
Format :
Book
