{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-the-problem-play-e-l-risden-9780786472437","title":"Shakespeare and the Problem Play: Complex Forms, Crossed Genres and Moral Quandaries","description":"\u003cp\u003e Shakespeare's plays provide a rich source of genre variation as well as moral or ethical issues that invite deep study. The genre issue often proves the very moral crux where Shakespeare raises the most complex questions. He aimed to build good plays, not simple fulfillments of genre demands. To him \"good plays\" meant leaving his audience with problems to consider.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book begins with those works most commonly appearing in studies of problem plays, \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice, Troilus and Cressida, All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure\u003c\/i\u003e; moves to some comedic problem plays, \u003ci\u003eMuch Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTwelfth Night\u003c\/i\u003e; and then to tragic problem plays, \u003ci\u003eHamlet, Othello\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e. It concludes with some problems in the history and romance genres for the issues they raise in love, adventure, and governance: \u003ci\u003eHenry IV, Part 1, Henry V, Cymbeline, The Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLove's Labor's Lost\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. L. Risden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 078647243X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786472437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2013","brand":"E. L. Risden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48441343607039,"sku":"9780786472437","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2e8fd211-dc07-49e2-a740-4f232c550f54.jpg?v=1777190284","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shakespeare-and-the-problem-play-e-l-risden-9780786472437","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}