Shakespeare's last plays
Subtitle: essays in literature and politics
By: edited by Stephen W. Smith and Travis Curtright
Contributors: Smith, Stephen W., Dr; Curtright, Travis
Publisher: Lexington
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Lanham, Md; Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Political and social views
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Shakespeare's The tempest: tragicomedy and the philosophic hero / Paul A. Cantor; title: The consolation of romance: providence in Shakespeare's late plays / Richard Harp; title: Cymbeline in context: the regime issues / John E. Alvis; title: Shakespeare against the skeptics: nature and grace in The winter's tale / David N. Beauregard; title: Henry VIII on trial: confronting malice and conscience in Shakespeare's All is true / Gerard B. Wegemer; title: Shakespeare's realism in The tempest / Peter Augustine Lawler; title: Pericles and "Marina": T.S. Eliot's search for the transcendent in late Shakespeare / John Freeh; title: Tragedy and comedy in Shakespeare's poetic vision in The winter's tale / Mary P. Nichols; title: The displaced nativity in Cymbeline / Glenn C. Arbery; title: Prospero's second sailing: Machiavelli, Shakespeare, and the politics of The tempest / Nathan Schlueter; title: The soul of the sojourner: Pericles, Prince of Tyre / Leo Paul S. de Alvarez; title: "Fresh piece of excellent witchcraft": contemporary theory and Shakespeare's romances / R.V. Young