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Shakespeare's compassion : emotion and the classics on the early modern stage /

"Through close readings of key plays - Titus Andronicus, Richard III, Hamlet and King Lear - the main classical sources and the drama of his contemporaries, this book argues that Shakespeare's dramatization of compassion, far from expressing a sense of universal empathy, reveals a complex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Refskou, Anne Sophie (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : The Arden Shakespeare, 2025.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Compassion in literature.
Emotions in literature.
Classical literature > Influence.
Compassion dans la littérature.
Littérature ancienne > Influence.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.

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