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Shakespeare's last plays : essays in literature and politics

Travis Curtright (Editor), Stephen W. Smith (Editor)
This analysis of "Pericles", "Prince of Tyre", "Cymbeline", "The Winter's Tale", "The Tempest", "All is True" and "The Two Noble Kinsmen" reveals how Shakespeare's thought in these final works challenges or fulfils previously held conceptions of the playwright and his political-philosophical views.
Print Book, English, ©2002
Lexington, Lanham, Md., ©2002
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xii, 244 p. ; 24 cm
9780739103616, 073910361X
186193194
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Shakespeare's The Tempest: Tragicomedy and the Philosophic Hero Chapter 3 The Consolation of Romance: Providence in Shakespeare's Late Plays Chapter 4 Cymbeline in Context: The Regime Issue Chapter 5 Shakespeare against the Skeptics: Nature and Grace in The Winter's Tale Chapter 6 Henry VIII on Trial: Confronting Malice and Conscience in Shakespeare's All is True Chapter 7 Shakespeare's Realism in The Tempest Chapter 8 Pericles and "Mariana": T. S. Eliot's Search for the Transcedent in Late Shakespeare Chapter 9 Tragedy and Comedy in Shakespeare's Poetic Vision in The Winter's Tale Chapter 10 The Displaced Nativity in Cymbeline Chapter 11 Prospero's Second Sailing: Machiavelli, Shakespeare, and the Politics of The Tempest Chapter 12 The Soul of the Sojourner: Pericles, Prince of Tyre Chapter 13 "Fresh Piece of Excellent Witchcraft": Contemporary Theory and Shakespeare's Romances