Shakespeare's Tragic Justice

The problem of justice seems to have haunted Shakespeare as it haunted Renaissance Christendom. In this book, first published in 1963, four aspects of the problems of justice in action in Shakespeare’s great tragedies are explored. This study is based on the lifetime’s research of Elizabethan habits of mind by one of the most distinguished Shakespearean scholars, and will be of interest to students of English Literature, Drama and Performance.

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Shakespeare's Tragic Justice

The problem of justice seems to have haunted Shakespeare as it haunted Renaissance Christendom. In this book, first published in 1963, four aspects of the problems of justice in action in Shakespeare’s great tragedies are explored. This study is based on the lifetime’s research of Elizabethan habits of mind by one of the most distinguished Shakespearean scholars, and will be of interest to students of English Literature, Drama and Performance.

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Shakespeare's Tragic Justice

Shakespeare's Tragic Justice

by C. J. Sisson
Shakespeare's Tragic Justice

Shakespeare's Tragic Justice

by C. J. Sisson

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Overview

The problem of justice seems to have haunted Shakespeare as it haunted Renaissance Christendom. In this book, first published in 1963, four aspects of the problems of justice in action in Shakespeare’s great tragedies are explored. This study is based on the lifetime’s research of Elizabethan habits of mind by one of the most distinguished Shakespearean scholars, and will be of interest to students of English Literature, Drama and Performance.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781315306377
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 03/31/2017
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Renaissance Drama
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 114
File size: 225 KB

About the Author

Charles Jasper Sisson

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Public Justice: Macbeth 2. Private Justice: Othello 3. The Dilemma: Hamlet 4. The Quandary: King Lear; Appendix on Hamlet

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