Eight tragedies of Shakespeare
Subtitle: a Marxist study
By: Victor Kiernan.
Publisher: Verso
Published: 1996
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Tragedies; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Political and social views; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Rome; Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century; Literature and society -- England -- History -- 17th century; Political plays, English -- History and criticism; Social classes in literature; Marxist criticism
Other titles: 8 tragedies of Shakespeare
Description: In this companion volume to Shakespeare: Poet and Citizen, Victor Kiernan sets out to rescue Shakespearean studies from the increasingly solipsistic terrain of literary criticism, focusing on historical location as a means to understanding his work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-282) and index.