Shakespeare
By: David Bevington.
Series: Blackwell introductions to literature
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Themes, motives
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-246) and index.
Table of contents: title: All the world's a stage: poetry and theatre; title: Creeping like snail: childhood, education, early friendship, sibling rivalries; title: Sighing like furnace: courtship and sexual desire; title: Full of strange oaths and bearded like the Pard: the coming-of-age of the male; title: Jealous in honour: love and friendship in crisis; title: Wise saws: political and social disillusionment, humankind's relationship to the divine, and philosophical scepticism; title: Modern instances: misogyny, jealousy, pessimism, and midlife crisis; title: The lean and slippered pantaloon: ageing fathers and their daughters; title: Last scene of all: retirement from the theatre.