| Description |
12 sound discs (12 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 110 pages ; 19 cm) |
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Great courses (Compact disc)
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Great courses ; course no. 2752.
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| Note |
Compact discs. |
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Twenty-four 30-minute lectures on 12 discs. |
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The great courses, literature & English language.--Container. |
| Contents |
lecture 1. Defining tragedy -- Lecture 2. Shakespearean tragedy in context -- Lecture 3. Hamlet I : "stand and unfold yourself" -- Lecture 4. Hamlet II : the performance of revenge -- Lecture 5. Hamlet III : difficult women -- Lecture 6. Hamlet IV : uncontainable Hamlet -- Lecture 7. Othello I : miscegenation and mixed messages -- Lecture 8. Othello II : monstrous births -- Lecture 9. Othello III : "ocular proof" -- Lecture 10. Othello IV : tragic knowledge -- Lecture 11. King Lear I : kingship and kinship -- Lecture 12. King Lear II : "unaccommodated man.". |
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Lecture 13: King Lear III : The stage of fools -- Lecture 14: King Lear IV : "Is this the promised end?" -- Lecture 15: Macbeth I : Desire and equivocation -- Lecture 16: Macbeth II : "Dispute it like a man" -- Lecture 17: Macbeth III : Bloody babes and bloody ends -- Lecture 18: Antony and Cleopatra I : Epic desires -- Lecture 19: Antony and Cleopatra II : Identity politics -- Lecture 20: Antony and Cleopatra III : The art of dying -- Lecture 21: Coriolanus I : The loner and the mob -- Lecture 22: Coriolanus II : The theater of politics -- Lecture 23: Coriolanus III : Mothers and killers -- Lecture 24: Conclusion : Beyond tragedy? |
| Performer |
Lecture delivered by Clare R. Kinney, Professor, University of Virginia. |
| Summary |
Examines six of Shakespeare's tragedies. Covers tragedy as a literary genre, the characteristics of Shakespeare's tragedies, themes, and historical context. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Tragedies.
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English drama (Tragedy) -- Sound recordings.
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| Genre |
Audiobooks.
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| ISBN |
9781598033076 |
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1598033077 |
| Music No. |
PC2752-01 |
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2752-01 |
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