Shakespeare's Great Tragedies: Experiencing Their Impact

by John Hardy

Shakespeare's great tragedies portray through their richly imagined worlds the inescapable fact of human mortality. As the work of a great creative genius, they are so diverse that critical formulas used to describe their overall impact tend to be somewhat suspect. Their impact follows from a response to the entire dramatic action, what is felt at the end with the weight or experience of the whole play behind it. It draws on how our feelings and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367665050
• ISBN13: 9780367665050
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"