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1 online resource (xiv, 360 pages : illustrations |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Introduction : interpreting Shakespeare's sons : ambivalence, rescue, and revenge -- Paternal authority and filial autonomy in Shakespeare's England -- Henry VI, part one : prototypical beginnings : the two John Talbots -- Richard II : patrilineal inheritance and the generation gap -- Henry IV, part one : Deep defiance and the rebel prince -- Henry IV, part two : the prince becomes the king, with a note on Henry V -- Hamlet : notes from the underground : paternal and filial subterfuge -- King Lear : the usurpation of fathers, and of fathers and sons -- Macbeth and the late plays : the disappearance of ambivalent sons -- Biographical coda : William Shakespeare, son of John Shakespeare -- Appendix 1 : Shakespearean fathers and sons in Edward III -- Appendix 2 : Thomas Plume's anecdote : the merry-cheeked, jest-cracking John Shakespeare, Sir John Mennes, and Sir John Falstaff |
| Summary |
Through careful scrutiny of word and deed, the scholarship in Fathers and Sons in Shakespeare reveals the complex attitude Shakespeare's sons harbour towards their fathers |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Fathers
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Sons
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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Fathers and sons in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Fathers and sons in literature
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Fathers in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781442699052 |
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1442699051 |
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9781442699069 |
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144269906X |
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