Shakespeare is Hard, but So is Life
Shakespeare is Hard, but So is Life
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A guide to Shakespearean tragedy. Fintan O'Toole shows how the plays have been made unintelligible to modern students by being filtered through a series of ideas that have nothing to do with what Shakespeare wrote, and everything to do with keeping the world safe for conservative values.
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Shakespeare is Hard, but So is Life by Fintan O'toole
Is Hamlet really mad or is the world mad? Are the witches in "Macbeth" an embarrassment or do they have a relevance for a 21st-century audience? Is Othello merely gullible or is there something more profound about his place in society that makes him vulnerable? Why can there be no happy ending in "King Lear"? This is a guide to Shakespearean tragedy. Irish theatre critic Fintan O'Toole shows how the plays have been made unintelligible to modern students by being filtered through a series of ideas that have nothing to do with what Shakespeare wrote, and often have everything to do with keeping the world safe for conservative values.
Fintan O'Toole was born in Dublin in 1958. He has been a columnist and critic with the Irish Times since 1988 and is drama critic of the Daily News in New York. His books include A Traitor's Kiss: The Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, also published by Granta Books.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781862075283 |
| ISBN 10 | 186207528X |
| Title | Shakespeare is Hard, but So is Life |
| Author | Fintan O'toole |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Granta Books |
| Year published | 2002-09-12 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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