• ISBN13: 9781137404886
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publisher Imprint: Palgr Mac
• Publication Date: May 16, 2014
• Pages: 216
• Original Price: 26.99 GBP
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 273 grams

About the Book Shakespeare's tragedies are among the greatest works of tragic art and have attracted a rich range of commentary and interpretation from leading creative and critical minds. This Reader's Guide offers a comprehensive survey of the key criticism on the tragedies, from the 17th century through to the present day. <p/>In this book, Nicolas Tredell: <br>- Introduces essential concepts, themes and debates.<br>- Relates Shakespeare's tragedies to fi elds of study including psychoanalysis, gender, race, ecology and philosophy.<br>- Summarises major critical texts from Dryden and Dr Johnson to Janet Adelman and Julia Reinhard Lupton, and covers influential critical movements such as New Criticism, New Historicism and poststructuralism.<br>- Demonstrates how key critical approaches work in practice, with close reference to Shakespeare's texts. <p/>Informed and incisive, this is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in how the category of Shakespeare's tragedies has been constructed, contested and changed over the years.