Ansari, Asloob Ahmad. The existential dramaturgy of William Shakespeare : character created through crisis

Folger bibliographic ID: 243861
Folger call number: PR3065 .A67 2010
Folger holdings ID: 308917

General notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

Shakespeare's characterization: an existential view -- Patterns of love in Twelfth night -- The merchant of Venice: an existential comedy -- Shakespeare's allegory of love -- Shakespeare's existential tragedy -- Richard III and Richard II: two forms of alienation -- The problem of identity in Troilus and Cressida -- Fools of time in Macbeth -- Solitariness of the victim in Othello -- The protagonist's dilemma in Timon of Athens -- Marcus Brutus: the divided self -- Coriolanus - the roots of alienation -- The ambivalence of Caliban

Extended title: The existential dramaturgy of William Shakespeare : character created through crisis / Asloob Ahmad Ansari ; with a foreword by James Ogden

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Existentialism in literature Characters and characteristics in literature

author: Ansari, Asloob Ahmad, 1925-
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
associated with: Ogden, James