| The Winters Tale Contributor(s): Shakespeare, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 140672775X ISBN-13: 9781406727753 Publisher: Hesperides Press OUR PRICE: $27.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: The Winter's Tale is Shakespeare's most perfectly realized tragi-comedy, as notable for its tragic intensity as for its comic grace and, throughout, for the richness and complexity of its poetry. It concludes, moreover, with the most daring and moving reconciliation scene in all Shakespeare's plays. Though the title may suggest an escapist fantasy, recent criticism has seen in the play a profoundly realist psychology and a powerful commentary on the violence implicit in family relationships and deep, long-lasting friendships. Stephen Orgel's edition considers the play in relation to Renaissance conceptions of both dramatic genre and the family, traces the changing critical and theatrical attitudes towards it, and places its psychological and dramatic conflicts within the Jacobean cultural and political context. The commentary pays special attention to the play's linguistic complexity, and the edition also includes a complete reprint of Shakespeare's source, Pandosto, by Robert Greene. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare - Drama | Shakespeare - History |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| Lexile Measure: 1110 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.61 lbs) 214 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book contains William Shakespeare s 1623 play, The Winter's Tale . One of his latter romantic comedies, it contains a mixture of comedy, romance, violence, tragedy, and drama, with themes explored in it including old age and youth, corruption and innocence, and birth and decay. This fantastic play is highly recommended for lovers of Shakespeare s work, and would make for a great addition to any collection. William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) was an English playwright, actor, and poet - considered to be the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's most celebrated dramatist. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare." |