Product Description

Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. Tragedies echoed the brutalities and injustices of the time and mirror other features of the age. Exploration was opening up new worlds, the discoveries of science were rapidly expanding knowledge and the country was fiercely divided in matters of religion. Tragedy explores what it is to be human and these anxious, sceptical times fuelled the imagination of Shakespeare and other playwrights. The book considers the tragedies of Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, John Webster and Thomas Middleton and invites the reader to consider how they are still fresh and relevant today.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #223977 in Books
• Published on: 2001-01-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Customer Reviews

Shakespearean and Jacobean Tragedy (Cambridge Contexts in Li
A must for students studying A level english literature. I was on the WJEC board studying the Duchess of Malfi. this book was brilliant for meeting the requirements. It was very detailed but brought history back to literature. This meant my essay was not turned into a history essay (which u lose marks for)and held relevance.

Excellent supplementary guide
As an A-level student I found this book a succicent and very informativeguide to the backgroud and conventions of tragedy druing the times ofShakespearan and Jacobean Drama(i.e.late sixteenth and early seventeenthcentury drama). It is written with passion, but still mantains claritythorughout. However it probably not the best guide for the general reader,the bookk itself sating that it was primailily written for those taking an'' advanced course in literary studies'. The other reasons it fials toachieve five stars are that it is not detailed enough to give a to besufficent initself for a student studying the period as a whole, but forpupils studying a single play in context (in my case the Duchess ofMalfia) much of the book, while interesting, is not directly revelant tothe course. I also thought that the last two sections of the book, guideto the critics and essay techiniques, while useful and clear, were sparsecompared to the depth given to the historiacal contents and literaryconventions of the time. Overall however an excellent book, just so longas if, like me, you are looking for it to supplement, as opposed toreplace, your class notes.

A level SUPPORT
Just what it "says on the tin" - this was just what we wanted and seems to be just the right balance to suppport the stuff from school...