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Theatergoer's Guide to Shakespeare's Themes
Robert Fallon
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Description for Theatergoer's Guide to Shakespeare's Themes
Hardcover. An examination of the themes in Shakespeare's plays, following on from Robert Fallon's "Theatergoer's Guide to Shakespeare". Fallon discusses the revelations about human nature that give the plays substance, weight and such an enduring quality. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Following on the success of his Theatergoer’s Guide to Shakespeare, Robert Fallon now examines the themes in Shakespeare’s plays, the revelations about human nature that give them substance and weight and such an enduring quality. Again Mr. Fallon sets aside academic jargon and the machinery of scholarship; he writes for intelligent playgoers, seeking to enhance their enjoyment of a performance. (Of course, casual readers too will find his interpretations absorbing.) The book surveys the most pervasive of Shakespeare’s themes, among them love, war, illusion, statecraft, heroism, the supernatural, and the comic. In chapters devoted to each of eleven such themes, ... Read more
Following on the success of his Theatergoer’s Guide to Shakespeare, Robert Fallon now examines the themes in Shakespeare’s plays, the revelations about human nature that give them substance and weight and such an enduring quality. Again Mr. Fallon sets aside academic jargon and the machinery of scholarship; he writes for intelligent playgoers, seeking to enhance their enjoyment of a performance. (Of course, casual readers too will find his interpretations absorbing.) The book surveys the most pervasive of Shakespeare’s themes, among them love, war, illusion, statecraft, heroism, the supernatural, and the comic. In chapters devoted to each of eleven such themes, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566634571
SKU
V9781566634571
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About Robert Fallon
Robert Thomas Fallon is professor emeritus of English at La Salle University in Philadelphia. In addition to A Theatergoer's Guide to Shakespeare (which concerned itself largely with plot), A Theatergoer's Guide to Shakespeare's Characters, he has written three books on John Milton. He lives in Lumberville, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
Reviews for Theatergoer's Guide to Shakespeare's Themes
This clearly written, useful, appealing guide to various Shakespearean dramatic subjects by well-respected Miltonist Robert Fallon offers concise overviews of the plays...a profitable read as a brief refresher course.... Fallon knows his Shakespeare.
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