Shakespeare's Problem Plays: " Hamlet " , " Troilus and Cressida " , " All's Well That Ends Well " , " Measure for Measure " (Penguin Literary Criticism)

E.M.W. Tillyard

Literature & Fiction

Penguin Books, Ltd.

This brief and illuminating account of the ideas of world order prevalent in the  Elizabethan age and later is an indispensable companion for readers of the great  writers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries—Shakespeare and the Elizabethan  dramatists, Donne and Milton, among many others.  The basic medieval idea of an ordered  Chain of Being is studied by Professor Tillyard in the process of its various transformations  by the dynamic spirit of the Renaissance. Among his topics are: Angels; the Stars  and Fortunes; the Analogy between Macrocosm and Microcosm; the Four Elements; the  Four Humours; Sympathies; Correspondences; and the Cosmic Dance—ideas and symbols  which inspirited the minds and imaginations not only of the Elizabethans but of all  men of the Renaissance.

The Elizabethan World Picture:  a Pelican Book

History

World

Penguin??Books

Shakespeare's History Plays (Shakespeare Library)

Shakespeare's Early Comedies

Of all that has been written recently on Shakespearean comedy much is cross-sectional; much has pursued themes, patterns, images and son on, recurring throughout the sequence of plays. Less has been written about he plays themselves. There are of course t

Shakespeare's early comedies

Athlone Press

Arts & Photography

Performing Arts

Chatto and Windus

Comedy and Tragedy--  Collected here in one binding are All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, and The History of Troilus and Cressida. Collectively they are known as Shakespeare's Problem Plays. While the first two are usually placed with the comedies and the later with the tragedies none of them fit neatly into either classification. Their structure, subject matter, and resolutions create problems for those who want simple classifications. The term was coined by critic F. S. Boas who believed that these plays each explored a moral dilemma and social problem through their main characters, giving the term a layered meaning.   O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; But it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.

Shakespeare's Problem Plays

Univ of Toronto Pr

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Chivers

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