Art and Illusion in The Winter's TaleManchester University Press, 1994 - 283 pages This work treats a single Shakespeare play from a number of perspectives. The author combines insights from contemporary psychology with art, social and stage histories to challenge the limits of current positivist critical theories. The book also has a central theme: how the dark side of art and illusion must be represented in order to establish the redemptive pattern which The Winter's Tale shares with Shakespeare's other late tragi-comedies. |
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Page 119
... action he has been ordered to perform . 8 Antigonus ' views are framed as unreliable , and clearly are unsta- ble ... actions which effectively carry out King Lear's generation - destroying curses . We may note a common tendency in much ...
... action he has been ordered to perform . 8 Antigonus ' views are framed as unreliable , and clearly are unsta- ble ... actions which effectively carry out King Lear's generation - destroying curses . We may note a common tendency in much ...
Page 146
... action . Over the years there have been a few critics countering this adulatory trend , who have expressed surprise at Camillo's oppor- tunism and treachery.16 In order to understand the importance for the play of Camillo's illusion ...
... action . Over the years there have been a few critics countering this adulatory trend , who have expressed surprise at Camillo's oppor- tunism and treachery.16 In order to understand the importance for the play of Camillo's illusion ...
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... action brought by Shakespeare's daughter Susanna ; see Schoenbaum , 1986 , pp . 289–90 and Chambers , E. K. , 1930 ... actions . On Paulina's ' charmed immunity ' see Jardine , 1983 , pp . 118–19 ; for an argument that she is bitterly ...
... action brought by Shakespeare's daughter Susanna ; see Schoenbaum , 1986 , pp . 289–90 and Chambers , E. K. , 1930 ... actions . On Paulina's ' charmed immunity ' see Jardine , 1983 , pp . 118–19 ; for an argument that she is bitterly ...
Contents
Aesthetic codes and Renaissance concepts | 10 |
Shakespeares portrait of the individual | 31 |
metamorphic | 55 |
Copyright | |
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