The Winter's Tale: A Commentary on the Structure

The Winter's Tale: A Commentary on the Structure
ISBN-10
1136564683
ISBN-13
9781136564680
Series
The Winter's Tale
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
214
Language
English
Published
2013-11-05
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Fitzroy Pyle

Description

First published in 1969. Critics have in the past described The Winter's Tale as a work of "haphazard structure". More recent criticism has defended the structure of the play and this work shows that the evidence points to the fact that Shakespeare took infinite pains with the choice and disposition of the materials of The Winter's Tale. The scene-by-scene commentary considers The Winter's Tale in isolation, but prologue, epilogue and appendix place it in the context of related plays, and discuss, among others, the problem of genre as it affects the play.

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