Under the Spell of Shakespeare's Histories - Softcover

Szaffkó, Péter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639097807 ISBN 13: 9783639097801

Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller e.K., 2008

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Reseña del editor:

One of the most ambiguous terms in English literary history and theory has turned out to be 'historical drama' and all of its available alternatives-such as 'history (play)', 'chronicle (play)', 'chronicle history', etc.-used relatively widely during the past centuries. Under the Spell of Shakespeare's Histories presents the exciting story of the theoretical approaches to the above term starting from the ancient times up until the end of the twentieth century with a special emphasis on the English-language sources. After providing a critical summary of the theories of such major critics as Samuel Johnson, Coleridge, A. W. Schlegel, Tillyard, Ribner, Lindenberger and others in the first part, the present study proposes a new definition which takes into consideration all the earlier achievements and shortcomings of the relevant literature. The author of the present book does not at all consider the proposed definition as final or faultless but rather hopes that it will generate a new interest in a better understanding of a genre so essential in the dramatic literature of each and every nation in Europe and elsewhere.

Biografía del autor:

Péter Szaffkó is a professor of English at the University ofDebrecen, Hungary, where he has been teaching for more than 30years. His main research interest is theatre and drama, boththeoretical and practical. In addition to Hungary, he has alsobeen teaching as a visiting professor in the USA, the UK andCanada.

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• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller e.K.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 3639097807
• ISBN 13: 9783639097801
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 112