The Oxford Shakespeare: The Winter's Tale: Winter Tale
by William Shakespeare 2021-06-04 16:06:16
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The Winter''s Tale is Shakespeare''s most perfectly realized tragicomedy, as notable for its tragic intensity as for its comic grace and, throughout, for the richness and complexity of its poetry. It concludes, moreover, with the most daring and mov... Read more
The Winter''s Tale is Shakespeare''s most perfectly realized tragicomedy, as notable for its tragic intensity as for its comic grace and, throughout, for the richness and complexity of its poetry. It concludes, moreover, with the most daring and moving reconciliation scene in all Shakespeare''splays. Though the title may suggest an escapist fantasy, recent criticism has seen in the play a profoundly realistic psychology and a powerful commentary on the violence implicit in family relationships and deep, longlasting friendships. Stephen Orgel''s edition considers the play in relation toRenaissance conceptions of both dramatic genre and the family, traced the changing critical and theatrical attitudes towards it, and places its psychological and dramatic conflicts within the Jacobean cultural and political context. The commentary pays special attention to the play''s linguisticcomplexity, and the edition also includes a complete reprint of Shakespeare''s source, Pandosto, by Robert Greene. Less
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  • 7.72 X 5.08 X 0.71 in
  • 304
  • Oxford University Press
  • May 17, 2008
  • English
  • 9780198129493
William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often calle...
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