William Shakespeare: Histories
- ISBN-10
- 1604136383
- ISBN-13
- 9781604136388
- Series
- William Shakespeare
- Category
- Historical drama, English
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Infobase Publishing
- Authors
- Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom
Description
William Shakespeare is defined by his tragedies. This title includes full-length critical essays that take up the Bard's tragic dramas, offering perspectives on the fated lives of King Lear, Hamlet, Macbeth, Antony, and Cleopatra, and the many other vibrantly flawed personages he introduced to the world stage.
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