The Winter's Tale - Brossura

Shakespeare, William

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ISBN 10: 1853262358 ISBN 13: 9781853262357

Casa editrice: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1995

Riassunto

The Winter's Tale is Shakespeare's most perfectly realized tragi-comedy, as notable for its tragic intensity as for its comic grace and, throughout, for the richness and complexity of its poetry. It concludes, moreover, with the most daring and moving reconciliation scene in all Shakespeare's plays.

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L'autore:

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) needs little introduction. As we approach the four-hundredth anniversary of his death, his reputation as one of the greatest writers in the English language is undeniable - except by those who attribute his works to other writers.

Product Description:

This Wordsworth Edition has been Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. The Winter's Tale, one of Shakespeare's later romantic comedies, offers a striking and challenging mixture of tragic and violent events, lyrical love-speeches, farcical comedy, pastoral song and dance, and, eventually, dramatic revelations and reunions. Thematically, there is a rich orchestration of the contrasts between age and youth, corruption and innocence, decline and regeneration. Both Leontes' murderous jealousy and Perdita's love-relationship with Florizel are eloquently intense. In the theatre, The Winter's Tale often proves to be diversely entertaining and deeply moving. This volume is part of the new Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1853262358
• ISBN 13: 9781853262357
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 160