Shakespeare Is Hard, but So Is Life: A Radical Guide to Shakespearian Tragedy - Couverture souple

O'Toole, Fintan

 
9781862075283: Shakespeare Is Hard, but So Is Life: A Radical Guide to Shakespearian Tragedy
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 186207528X ISBN 13 : 9781862075283
Editeur : Granta Books, 2002

Synopsis

Is Hamlet really mad or is the world mad? Are the witches in "Macbeth" an embarrassment or do they have a relevance for a 21st-century audience? Is Othello merely gullible or is there something more profound about his place in society that makes him vulnerable? Why can there be no happy ending in "King Lear"? This is a guide to Shakespearean tragedy. Irish theatre critic Fintan O'Toole shows how the plays have been made unintelligible to modern students by being filtered through a series of ideas that have nothing to do with what Shakespeare wrote, and often have everything to do with keeping the world safe for conservative values.

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À propos de l'auteur

Fintan O'Toole was born in Dublin in 1958. He has been a columnist and critic with the Irish Times since 1988 and is drama critic of the Daily News in New York. His books include A Traitor's Kiss: The Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, also published by Granta Books.

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Éditeur
Granta Books
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
186207528X
ISBN 13 
9781862075283
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
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