The Cambridge companion to Shakespeare's last plays

The Cambridge companion to Shakespeare's last plays / edited by Catherine M.S. Alexander.

Which plays are included under the heading 'Shakespeare's last plays', and when does Shakespeare's 'last' period begin? What is meant by a 'late play', and what are the benefits in defining plays in this way? Reflecting the recent growth of interest in late st...

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Other Authors: Alexander, Catherine M. S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Series:Cambridge companions to literature.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Tragicomedies.
Tragicomedy > History and criticism.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Catherine M.S. Alexander
  • What is a 'late play'? / Gordon McMullan
  • Blackfriars, music and masque: theatrical contexts of the last plays / David Lindley
  • The literary and dramatic contexts of the last plays / Charles Moseley
  • Politics, religion, geography and travel: historical contexts of the last plays / Karen Britland
  • 'You speak a language that I understand not': listening to the last plays / Russ McDonald
  • The winter's tale: shifts in staging and status / Patricia Tatspaugh
  • Cymbeline: the afterlife / Catherine M.S. Alexander
  • Literary invocations of The tempest / Virginia Mason Vaughan
  • Pericles: the afterlife / Eugene Giddens
  • The two noble kinsmen and King Henry VIII: the last last plays / Suzanne Gossett.

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