Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" by Kenneth Muir

Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" by Kenneth Muir

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Summary

This critical study explores the many conflicting interpretations of a pardoxical and disarming play that breaks most of the rules and yet, like Cleopatra herself, manages to make "defect perfection".

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Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" by Kenneth Muir

This critical study explores the many conflicting interpretations of a pardoxical and disarming play that breaks most of the rules and yet, like Cleopatra herself, manages to make "defect perfection". As well as chapters on Shakespeare's methods of characterization, on construction, sources and historical background, Professor Muir provides a detailed scene-by-scene commentary: themes and characters are viewed and reviewed from several angles, providing the student a rounded appeeciation of the play.
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ISBN 13 9780140771848
ISBN 10 0140771840
Title Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra"
Author Kenneth Muir
Series Critical Studies
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1988-11-24
Number of pages 128
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.