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Wrinkled Deep in Time: Aging in Shakespeare
Maurice Charney
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Description for Wrinkled Deep in Time: Aging in Shakespeare
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; DSB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 414.
Shakespeare was acutely aware of our intimate struggles with aging. His dramatic characters either prosper or suffer according to their relationship with maturity, and his sonnets eloquently explore time's ravaging effects. "Wrinkled deep in time" is how the queen describes herself in Antony and Cleopatra, and at the end of King Lear, there is a tragic sense that both the king and Gloucester have acquired a wisdom they otherwise lacked at the beginning of the play. Even Juliet matures considerably before she drinks Friar Lawrence's potion, and Macbeth and his wife prematurely grow old from their murderous schemes. Drawing ... Read more
Shakespeare was acutely aware of our intimate struggles with aging. His dramatic characters either prosper or suffer according to their relationship with maturity, and his sonnets eloquently explore time's ravaging effects. "Wrinkled deep in time" is how the queen describes herself in Antony and Cleopatra, and at the end of King Lear, there is a tragic sense that both the king and Gloucester have acquired a wisdom they otherwise lacked at the beginning of the play. Even Juliet matures considerably before she drinks Friar Lawrence's potion, and Macbeth and his wife prematurely grow old from their murderous schemes. Drawing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231142304
SKU
V9780231142304
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About Maurice Charney
Maurice Charney is Distinguished Professor of English at Rutgers University and past president of the Shakespeare Association of America. He is the author or editor of more than twenty books, including Columbia University Press's All of Shakespeare and Shakespeare on Love and Lust.
Reviews for Wrinkled Deep in Time: Aging in Shakespeare
Offers insights about Shakespeare's attitude toward aging and his own growing old...highly recommended. Choice