Shakespeare and the Confines of Art

by Philip Edwards

Book Overview

First published in 1968.

By selective study of certain of the comedies, tragedies and sonnets, Philip Edwards views Shakespeare's work as a whole and explains why his art developed as it did. The work which the author sees Shakespeare striving to create is the perfect fusion of comedy and tragedy and he suggests that we are watching the progress of a mind as acutely conscious as anyone today of the disorder and lack of meaning in the world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415489121
• ISBN13: 9780415489126
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"