Eight tragedies of Shakespeare

a Marxist study

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Author

V. G. Kiernan

Publication

1996 - Verso, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

74,000 words, Guess

Page Count

296 pages

Identifiers

Open LibraryOL582998M
ISBN-101859849547
OCLC Control Number35237781
OCLC Control Numbereighttragediesof0000kier
Library of Congress Control Number96172394

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Goodreads7319503
LibraryThing2628872

Classifications

DDC822.3/3
LCCPR2983 .K45 1996

Alternate Titles

8 tragedies of Shakespeare

Description

In this companion volume to Shakespeare: Poet and Citizen, Victor Kiernan sets out to rescue Shakespearean studies from the increasingly solipsistic terrain of literary criticism, focusing on historical location as a means to understanding his work.

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