William Shakespeare: The TragediesSeries Editors: Kinley E. Roby, Northeastern University; Herbert Sussman, Northeastern University; Joseph Bartolomeo, University of Massachusetts; George Economou, University of Oklahoma; Arthur F. Kinney, University of Massachusetts. TWAYNES UNITED STATES AUTHORS, ENGLISH AUTHORS, and WORLD AUTHORS Series present concise critical introductions to great writers and their works. Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an authors work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volume addresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university professors. The book suggests to the informed reader new ways of considering a writers work. A reader new to the work under examination will, after reading the Authors Series, be compelled to turn to the originals, bringing to the reading a basic knowledge and fresh critical perspectives. Each volume features: a critical, interpretive study and explication of the authors works; a brief biography of the author; an accessible chronology outlining the life, work, and relevant historical background of the author; aids for further study -- complete notes and references, a selected annotated bibliography, and an index; and a readable style presented in a manageable length. |
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... known and feeling sorrows " ( 4.6.218 ) to the more tumultuous , often heroic ag- ony of what Hamlet calls " towering passion " ( 5.2.80 ) . Whatever the emotion , according to John Donne , the basest flaw , the lowest and ultimate ...
... known and feeling sorrows - is perhaps what a " tough world " ( Lear 5.3.315 ) is mainly about . Selfish pas- sion - such as jealousy in Othello , lust in Antony , revenge in Titus and Hamlet , hatred and pride in Coriolanus — gives the ...
... known himself ” ( 1.1.292– 93 ) . Nevertheless it is almost individually designed for the Moor . Hamlet , too , goes on a pilgrimage , a vastly different one , and one in which he is also vulnerable in his idealism , but for which , too ...