{"product_id":"the-music-of-the-close-walter-c-jr-foreman-9780813152349","title":"The Music of the Close: The Final Scenes of Shakespeare's Tragedies","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Walter Foreman studies the closing scenes of Shakespeare's tragedies, considering the tragic structure of the plays and the shapes the tragic characters give their lives by the way they encounter death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeman sees in the variety of tragic endings of the plays evidence that Shakespeare consciously experimented with tragic forms, for when he repeated he also changed, and changed more than superficially. Further, Foreman believes that these varieties and extensions of dramatic form were fundamentally a way of experiencing a various, often mysterious world. Extending and exploring the possibilities of tragic form, the playwright created dramatic worlds that mirror the possibilities of our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the tragedies, Foreman finds three--\u003ci\u003eHamlet, King Lear, \u003c\/i\u003e and Antony and Cleopatra--that are more complex than the rest. He devotes the three final chapters of his book to the closing scenes of these plays and his readings of them are richly rewarding, giving new insights into Hamlet's acceptance of death, Lear's isolation in a moral storm, and Cleopatra's triumphant staging of her own death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter C. Jr. Foreman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813152348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813152349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d","brand":"Walter C. Jr. Foreman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799435260159,"sku":"9780813152349","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-music-of-the-close-walter-c-jr-foreman-9780813152349","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}