{"product_id":"family-dramas-gwyn-daniel-9781138335776","title":"Family Dramas: Intimacy, Power and Systems in Shakespeare's Tragedies","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost of Shakespeare's tragedies have a family drama at their heart. This book brings these relationships to life, offering a radical new perspective on the tragic heroes and their dilemmas. \u003ci\u003eFamily Dramas: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIntimacy, Power and Systems in Shakespeare's Tragedies \u003c\/i\u003efocusses on the interactions and dialogues \u003ci\u003ebetween\u003c\/i\u003e people on stage, linking their intimate emotional worlds to wider social and political contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince family relationships absorb and enact social ideologies, their conflicts often expose the conflicts that all ideologies contain. The complexities, contradictions and ambiguities of Shakespeare's portrayals of individuals and their relationships are brought to life, while wider power structures and social discourses are shown to reach into the heart of intimate relationships and personal identity. Surveying relevant literature from Shakespeare studies, the book introduces the ideas behind the family systems approach to literary criticism. Explorations of gender relationships feature particularly strongly in the analysis since it is within gender that intimacy and power most compellingly intersect and frequently collide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor Shakespeare lovers and psychotherapists alike, this application of systemic theory opens a new perspective on familiar literary territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gwyn Daniel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138335770\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138335776\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.66d","brand":"Gwyn Daniel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48517956993279,"sku":"9781138335776","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6889293c-08f3-4e59-813b-17e341405353.jpg?v=1778733217","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/family-dramas-gwyn-daniel-9781138335776","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}