Shakespearean Tragedy

Professor Kiernan Ryan (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)

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English

The Arden Shakespeare
21 October 2021

Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Shakespeare studies & criticism

This ground-breaking book reveals the prophetic, revolutionary vision that drives Shakespeare’s tragedies, tracing its unbroken development from its beginnings in the Henry VI plays and Shakespeare’s first tragedy, Titus Andronicus, right through to his last, Coriolanus. The four full-length studies at the heart of the book focus in depth on Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. Shakespearean Tragedy engages with each of these titanic masterpieces as a singular, complete work of dramatic art with its own distinctive concerns and critical challenges, but with the same unmistakably Shakespearean tragic vision at its core. Through compelling new readings of the plays, grounded in close analysis of their language and form, Kiernan Ryan shows how Shakespeare dramatizes the tragic realities of his world from the standpoint of the transfigured future that our world still awaits.

By: Professor Kiernan Ryan (Royal Holloway University of London UK)
Imprint: The Arden Shakespeare
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 472g
ISBN: 9781472586988
ISBN 10: 1472586980
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 21 October 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kiernan Ryan is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, and an Emeritus Fellow of Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, UK.

Reviews for Shakespearean Tragedy

This is a riveting, beautifully argued, and important book that makes a committed case for Shakespeare's egalitarian vision. * Shakespeare's Universality: Here's Fine Revolution (2015), Renaissance Quarterly * I find it impossible to imagine a more brilliant book about Shakespeare's comedies than this one . . . It's the first great book on its subject of the 21st century. * Shakespeare's Comedies (2009), Rob Maslen, Senior Lecturer in English, University of Glasgow, UK * It is impossible to do justice to the compacted richness of Ryan's study...The book is certainly a major contribution to Shakespeare studies. -- The Times * Review of Shakespeare (1989) * A thrilling polemic -- The Guardian * Review of Shakespeare (1989) *