Harold Bloom, "William Shakespeare: Romances, 2 New edition"

Harold Bloom, "William Shakespeare: Romances, 2 New edition"
Bl.oms Literary Criticism | 2010 | ISBN: 1604138696 | 166 pages | PDF | 6,5 MB

'The Tempest', 'The Winter's Tale', 'Measure for Measure', and 'All's
Well That Ends Well' have fascinated scholars for centuries for, among
other aspects, the ways they resist an obvious genre classification.
While these stories of love and familial recognition bear elements of
romantic conflict, Shakespeare integrated aspects of the comedic and
tragic as well in these complex works. Renowned Shakespearean scholar
Harold Bloom introduces this volume of critical essays about the Bard
and his romantic plays, and a chronology of his life, a bibliography,
and an index will be helpful to researchers.

CONTENTS

Editor’s Note
Introduction (Harold Bloom)
Shakespeare’s Romances: The Winter's Tale (Northrop Frye)
Cymbeline: The Rescue of the King (Ruth Nevo)
The Crime and Conversion of Leontes in 'The Winter’s Tale' (René Girard)
Virtue, Vice, and Compassion in Montaigne and 'The Tempest' (Arthur Kirsch)
‘Near Akin’: The Trials of Friendship in 'The Two Noble Kinsmen' (Alan Stewart)
'Troilus and Cressida' (W.H. Auden)
The Consolation of Romance: Providence in Shakespeare's Late Plays (Richard Harp)
In the Shadow of Hamlet: Comedy and Death in 'All’s Well That Ends Well' (Alexander Leggatt)

Chronology
Contributors
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index