Shakespeare: A Wayward JourneyUniversity of Delaware Press, 2002 - 237 pages In the process she contributed some of the best work on Shakespeare that was then extant, as this collection demonstrates." "Searching for a principle of organization, Professor Snyder decided that it would be best to arrange the essays in chronological order. The result was a kind of "intellectual autobiography," as she calls it in her Preface, and the title she chose was Shakespeare: A Wayward Journey, since it reflects her travels over the various avenues of Shakespearean criticism."--BOOK JACKET. |
Contents
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Othello and the Conventions of Romantic Comedy | 29 |
The Challenge to Single Combat | 46 |
Macbeth and Especially | 62 |
King Lear and the Psychology of Dying | 78 |
Shakespearean Misleadings | 93 |
The Taming of the Shrew and Freuds Dora | 118 |
Displacement and Deferral | 135 |
Naming Names in Alls Well That Ends Well | 151 |
Theology as Tragedy in Macbeth | 170 |
Ideology and the Feud in Romeo and Juliet | 181 |
Mamillius and Gender Polarization in The Winters Tale | 210 |
The Winters Tale Before and After | 221 |
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