The Winter's Tale
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Classic Books Company
Release Date : 2001-04
ISBN 10 : 9780742652927
Pages : 500 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (529 downloads)
Download The Winter's Tale PDF Full Free by William Shakespeare and published by Classic Books Company. This book was released on 2001-04 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Winter's Tale is regarded as Shakespeare's most perfectly realized tragicomedy. Though the title may suggest an escapist fantasy, recent criticism has seen in the play a realistic psychology and a powerful commentary on the violence implicit in family relationships and deep, longlasting friendships. This edition considers the play in relation to Renaissance conceptions of both dramatic genre and the family, traces the changing critical and theatrical attitudes towards it and places its psychological and dramatic conflicts within the Jacobean cultural and political context. The commentary pays special attention to the play's linguistic complexity and also includes a complete reprint of Shakespeare's source, Pandosto, by Robert Greene.