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Public and Private Man in Shakespeare J. M. Gregson

Public and Private Man in Shakespeare By J. M. Gregson

Public and Private Man in Shakespeare by J. M. Gregson


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Shakespeare absorbed more deeply the problem of the tensions between the public and private face of man than other Elizabethan dramatists. Originally published in 1983, this book examines the ways in which this psychological insight is developed and modified as a source of dramatic power throughout Shakespeare's career.

Public and Private Man in Shakespeare Summary

Public and Private Man in Shakespeare by J. M. Gregson

The potential duality of human character and its capacity for dissembling was a source of fascination to the Elizabethan dramatists. Where many of them used the Machiavellian picture to draw one fair-faced scheming villain after another, Shakespeare absorbed more deeply the problem of the tensions between the public and private face of man.

Originally published in 1983, this book examines the ways in which this psychological insight is developed and modified as a source of dramatic power throughout Shakespeare's career. In the great sequence of history plays he examines the conflicting tensions of kingship and humanity, and the destructive potential of this dilemma is exploited to the full in the 'problem plays'. In the last plays power and virtue seem altogether divorced: Prospero can retire to an old age at peace only at the abdication of all his power. This theme is central to the art of many dramatists, but in the context of Renaissance political philosophy it takes on an added resonance for Shakespeare.

Table of Contents

Preface. 1. Early Work 2. The Major Histories: Richard II, Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 and Henry V 3. The Problem Plays: Troilus and Cressida, All's Well that Ends Well and Measure for Measure 4. Hamlet 5. Othello 6. King Lear 7. Macbeth 8. The Roman Plays: Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus 9. The Late Romances. Bibliography. Index.

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NPB9780367684310
9780367684310
0367684314
Public and Private Man in Shakespeare by J. M. Gregson
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2023-02-12
254
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