كتاب
The life of Timon of Athens
العنوان: | The life of Timon of Athens |
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المؤلفون: | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
المساهمون: | Middleton, Thomas, -1627., Jowett, John. |
بيانات النشر: | New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. |
سنة النشر: | 2004 |
وصف مادي: | ix, 370 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
سلاسل: | The Oxford Shakespeare |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | Timon of Athens (Legendary character) -- Drama., Timon of Athens (Legendary character) in literature., Loss (Psychology) -- Drama., Rich people -- Drama., Recluses -- Drama., Poor -- Drama., Tragedies. |
Subject Person: | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Timon of Athens. |
جغرافية الموضوع: | Athens (Greece) -- Drama. |
الوصف: | "Timon of Athens is a bitterly intriguing study of a fabulously rich man who wastes his wealth on his friends, and, when he is finally impoverished, learns to despise humanity with a hatred that drives him to his grave. Its response to matters topical in Jacobean London sharpens its thrust as satire. Yet the setting in ancient Athens allows it to read as a timeless fable, deeply relevant to a modern society that sees itself as pursuing material prosperity to the point of self-destruction." "The play's plot structure is schematically clear, and the poetry of Timon's rage is arresting in its savage intensity. Yet readers have often detected loose ends, and the tone of writing is uneven. In his introduction, John Jowett explains how these characteristics arise because the play was written as a collaboration between Shakespeare and Thomas Middleton. This edition pays full justice to Middleton's presence, explaining how his contribution gave the play its distinctive edge. We as readers need to read this play as a dialogue between writers of different temperaments, and this edition is the first to make such a reading possible." "The introduction provides the fullest account of the play's performance history available. The commentary is the most detailed ever to have been published. Appendices include source materials and a listing of major productions worldwide."--BOOK JACKET. |
Original Identifier: | ocm54677650 |
نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
اللغة: | English |
ردمك: | 978-0-19-812938-7 978-0-19-281497-5 0-19-812938-6 0-19-281497-4 |
حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
ملاحظات: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-164) and index. |
رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.009489965.7 |
قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
ردمك: | 9780198129387 9780192814975 0198129386 0192814974 |
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