Join BookitisSave favorites, build lists, and follow creators.

Shakespeare and the Problem Play

E. L. Risden

Bookitis Pick
Cover for Shakespeare and the Problem Play
SA
Image source: Open Library
E. L. RisdenPublished 2012cover on file

"Shakespeare's plays are a rich source of genre as well as moral or ethical issues that invite deep study. The genre issue often proves the very moral crux where Shakespeare raises complex questions. He aimed to build good plays, not simple fulfillments of genre demands. To him "good plays" meant leaving his audience with problems to consider"--

PublisherMcFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Pages232
Search languageenglish
ISBN_13978-0-786-47243-7 primary

Other editions of this title

Publication-specific alternatives linked to the same work.