| Shakespeare's Villains Contributor(s): Charney, Maurice (Author) |
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ISBN: 1611474973 ISBN-13: 9781611474978 Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press OUR PRICE: $99.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Philosophy | Free Will & Determinism |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| LCCN: 2011043288 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9" (0.90 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Shakespeare's Villains is a close reading of Shakespeare's plays to investigate the nature of evil. Charney closely considers the way that dramatic characters are developed in terms of language, imagery, and nonverbal stage effects. With chapters on Iago, Tarquin, Aaron, Richard Duke of Glaucester, Shylock, Claudius, Polonius, Macbeth, Edmund, Goneril, Regan, Angelo, Tybalt, Don John, Iachimo, Lucio, Julius Caesar, Leontes, and Duke Frederick, this book is the first comprehensive study of the villains in Shakespeare. |