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Kenneth Muir

    Kenneth Arthur Muir was een vooraanstaand literatuurwetenschapper en auteur, gevierd om zijn diepgaande bijdragen aan Shakespeare-studies en het Engelse Renaissancetheater. Zijn werk duikt in de ingewikkelde nuances van klassieke teksten en biedt een inzichtelijke analyse die hun blijvende betekenis belicht.

    The Comedy of Manners
    King Lear. A Critical Study
    Macbeth
    King Lear
    New Companion to Shakespeare
    • The Comedy of Manners

      • 172bladzijden
      • 7 uur lezen

      Focusing on the Comedy of Manners, this book explores its origins in English and French literature, distinguishing it from other comedic forms. It features in-depth chapters on key playwrights such as Etherege, Dryden, Wycherly, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar, highlighting their contributions to the genre. Additionally, it examines Jeremy Collier's critique of the plays' immorality and profaneness, providing a comprehensive understanding of the cultural and literary context of the period.

      The Comedy of Manners2022
    • King Lear

      • 160bladzijden
      • 6 uur lezen

      This title is part of an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.

      King Lear1994
      4,1
    • Macbeth

      • 128bladzijden
      • 5 uur lezen

      Encompasses witchcraft, bloody murder, and ghostly apparitions. This work tells the tragedy of a good, brave and honourable man turned into the personification of evil by the workings of unreasonable ambition.

      Macbeth1992
      3,9
    • King Lear. A Critical Study

      • 122bladzijden
      • 5 uur lezen

      This is a critical study of Shakespeare's "King Lear" for "A" level students.

      King Lear. A Critical Study1986
    • Leading Shakespearean scholars explore various aspects of the bard's life and works in this authoritative introduction to the entire field of Shakespeare studies

      New Companion to Shakespeare1971
      3,7