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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction: Looking at Plays and Studying Poetry
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Analysing Shakespeare’s Problem Plays
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The Context and the Critics
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Back Matter
About this book
Nicholas Marsh uses close analysis of extracts from the plays to explore how Shakespeare maintains competing discourses within a single text. In the first part of his study, Marsh highlights the multiple interpretations these plays provoke and provides useful sections on methods of analysis to encourage readers to develop their views independently. The second part of the book discusses the Problem Plays in relation to the playwright's other works, and examines their cultural and historical contexts. A comparison of five modern critical views and helpful suggestions for further reading provide a bridge to continuing study. In this essential guide to a complex set of plays, Marsh does not seek to reconcile the thorny issues these dramas leave open: rather, he equips the reader with the necessary critical tools to fashion their own synthesis.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Shakespeare: Three Problem Plays
Authors: Nicholas Marsh
Series Title: Analysing Texts
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-1917-5
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2003
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 280
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave