Art and Artifice in Shakespeare
Title | Art and Artifice in Shakespeare PDF eBook |
Author | Elmer Edgar Stoll |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 197 |
Release | 2013-08 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 110761936X |
Originally published in 1933, this book argues that Shakespeare's concern was more for plot and contrast than character. Stoll examines many of Shakespeare's plays, predominantly Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, and Hamlet, and compares their method to that of earlier Renaissance and medieval plays as well as more modern compositions.
Art and Artifice in Shakespeare, a Study in Dramatic Contrast and Illusion, by Elmer Edgar Stoll ...
Title | Art and Artifice in Shakespeare, a Study in Dramatic Contrast and Illusion, by Elmer Edgar Stoll ... PDF eBook |
Author | Elmer Edgar Stoll |
Publisher | |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 1934 |
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Art and Artifice in Shakespeare
Title | Art and Artifice in Shakespeare PDF eBook |
Author | Elmer Edgar 1874-1959 Stoll |
Publisher | Hassell Street Press |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2021-09-09 |
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ISBN | 9781013735592 |
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Art and Artifice in Shakespeare
Title | Art and Artifice in Shakespeare PDF eBook |
Author | Elmer Edgar Stoll |
Publisher | CUP Archive |
Pages | 204 |
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Art and artifice in Shakespeare : a study in dramatic constrast and illusion
Title | Art and artifice in Shakespeare : a study in dramatic constrast and illusion PDF eBook |
Author | Elmer Edgar Stoll |
Publisher | |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 1951 |
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Shakespearean Tragedy and Its Double
Title | Shakespearean Tragedy and Its Double PDF eBook |
Author | Kent Cartwright |
Publisher | Penn State Press |
Pages | 301 |
Release | 2010-11-01 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0271039639 |
Character and the Supernatural in Shakespeare and Achebe
Title | Character and the Supernatural in Shakespeare and Achebe PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth Usongo |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 230 |
Release | 2021-03-09 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1000349608 |
Through mainly a New Historicist critical approach, this book explores how Shakespeare and Achebe employ supernatural devices such as prophecies, dreams, gods/goddesses, beliefs, and divinations to create complex characters. Even though these features indicate the preponderance of the belief in the supernatural by some people of the Elizabethan, Jacobean, and traditional Igbo societies, Shakespeare and Achebe primarily use the supernatural to represent the states of mind of their protagonists. Both writers appropriate supernatural features to mirror tragic flaws such as ambition, arrogance, impulsiveness, and fear that contribute to the downfall of Macbeth, Lear, Okonkwo, and Ezeulu. We relate to some of these characters because they project our inner minds, principal drives that may be hidden within us. Therefore, Shakespeare and Achebe’s preoccupation with the supernatural adds subtlety to their characterization and enhances their readability by situating their art beyond time, place, or particularity.