Shakespeare's Irrational Endings [electronic resource] : The Problem Plays /
Margolies, D.author.
Problem Plays' has been an awkward category for those Shakespeare plays that don't fit the conventional groupings. Expanding from the traditional three plays to six, the book argues that they share dramatic structures designed intentionally by Shakespeare to disturb his audience by frustrating their expectations.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- All's well that ends well -- Much ado about nothing -- Measure for measure -- The merchant of Venice -- Troilus and cressida -- Othello -- Conclusion.
Problem Plays' has been an awkward category for those Shakespeare plays that don't fit the conventional groupings. Expanding from the traditional three plays to six, the book argues that they share dramatic structures designed intentionally by Shakespeare to disturb his audience by frustrating their expectations.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Poetry.
Literature, Modern.
British literature.
Poetry and Poetics.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
British and Irish Literature.