Publication

2012 - Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Madison [N.J., Maryland

Language

English

Word Count

39,000 words, Guess

Page Count

156 pages

Identifiers

and 9 more
  • ISBN-101611474981
  • ISBN-101611476216
  • Library of Congress Control Number2011043288
  • OCLC Control Number742512350
  • Better World Books9781611474978
  • Better World Books9781611476217
  • Better World Books9781611474985
  • Better World BooksW8-BPQ-888
  • Open LibraryOL25094528M

Classifications

  • DDC822.3/3
  • LCCPR2992.V5 C46 2012
  • LCCPR2992.V5C46 2012

Description

Shakespeare's Villains is a close reading of Shakespeare's plays to investigate the nature of evil. Charney closely considers the way that dramatic characters are developed in terms of language, imagery, and nonverbal stage effects. With chapters on Iago, Tarquin, Aaron, Richard Duke of Glaucester, Shylock, Claudius, Polonius, Macbeth, Edmund, Goneril, Regan, Angelo, Tybalt, Don John, Iachimo, Lucio, Julius Caesar, Leontes, and Duke Frederick, this book is the first comprehensive study of the villains in Shakespeare.

Description

"Shakespeare's Villains is a close reading of Shakespeare's plays to investigate the nature of evil. Charney closely considers the way that dramatic characters are developed in terms of language, imagery, and nonverbal stage effects. With chapters on Iago, Tarquin, Aaron, Richard Duke of Glaucester, Shylock, Claudius, Polonius, Macbeth, Edmund, Goneril, Regan, Angelo, Tybalt, Don John, Iachimo, Lucio, Julius Caesar, Leontes, and Duke Frederick, this book is the first comprehensive study of the villains in Shakespeare"--Provided by publisher.

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