The Winter's Tale: The Oxford Shakespearethe Winter's Tale (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780199535910)

The Winter's Tale is Shakespeare's most fully realized tragicomedy, noted for the richness and complexity of its poetry. Though the title may suggest an escapist fantasy, recent criticism has seen in the play a profoundly realistic psychology and a keen commentary on the violence implicit in family relationships and deep friendships. Orgel traces the changing critical and theatrical attitudes towards the play, and places its psychological and dramatic conflicts within the Jacobean cultural and political context. This edition is made complete with a reprint of Shakespeare's source for the play, Pandosto, by Robert Greene.

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Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN-10: 0199535914
ISBN-13: 9780199535910
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 05/15/2008
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 7.71h x 5.16w x 0.68d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 28463 / Winter's Tale