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 49
... result from ' the unwelcome birth of a new brother or sister ( which is felt as faithlessness ) ' . 61 It is entirely feasible to apply to The Winter's Tale the pattern of feel- ings of family displacement being unconsciously translated ...
... result from ' the unwelcome birth of a new brother or sister ( which is felt as faithlessness ) ' . 61 It is entirely feasible to apply to The Winter's Tale the pattern of feel- ings of family displacement being unconsciously translated ...
Page 127
... result from a forthright nature being challenged by her placement in a very difficult situation , to which we will next turn . Perdita's predicament Just like the rurally - bred princes of Cymbeline who do not know that their warlike ...
... result from a forthright nature being challenged by her placement in a very difficult situation , to which we will next turn . Perdita's predicament Just like the rurally - bred princes of Cymbeline who do not know that their warlike ...
Page 186
... result at all . Chapter 1 1 The singular here alludes to a particularly interesting existentialist scan- dal discussed in Hellenga , 1976. But I should say scandals , for a great many critics have deplored , and others have defended ...
... result at all . Chapter 1 1 The singular here alludes to a particularly interesting existentialist scan- dal discussed in Hellenga , 1976. But I should say scandals , for a great many critics have deplored , and others have defended ...
Contents
Aesthetic codes and Renaissance concepts | 10 |
Shakespeares portrait of the individual | 31 |
metamorphic | 55 |
Copyright | |
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