1st Edition

Shakespeare's Great Tragedies Experiencing Their Impact

By John Hardy Copyright 2019
180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

Introduction. Hamlet. Othello. King Lear. Macbeth. Conclusion. Notes



Biography

John Hardy is a former Rhodes Scholar and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. He has held chairs of English at three Australian universities, including the Australian National University. He is Emeritus Professor of Bond University.