Description
| Product ID: | 9781853262357 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Wordsworth Classics |
| Title: | The Winter's Tale |
| Authors: | Author: William Shakespeare, Dr Keith Carabine, Professor Cedric, M.A. Ph.D. Watts |
| Page Count: | 160 |
| Subjects: | Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare plays |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A romantic comedy which offers a challenging mixture of tragic and violent events, lyrical love-speeches, farcical comedy, pastoral song and dance, and, eventually, dramatic revelations and reunions. Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex. The Winter''s Tale, one of Shakespeare''s later romantic comedies, offers a striking and challenging mixture of tragic and violent events, lyrical love-speeches, farcical comedy, pastoral song and dance, and, eventually, dramatic revelations and reunions. Thematically, there is a rich orchestration of the contrasts between age and youth, corruption and innocence, decline and regeneration. Both Leontes'' murderous jealousy and Perdita''s love-relationship with Florizel are eloquently intense. In the theatre, The Winter''s Tale often proves to be diversely entertaining and deeply moving. |
| Imprint Name: | Wordsworth Editions Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Wordsworth Editions Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1995-01-05 |