The Imperial Theme: Further Interpretations of Shakespeare's Tragedies Including the Roman Plays

by G. Wilson Knight

Overview

First Published in 2002. This is a collection of essays and commentary on the later Shakespearian tragedies of Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Macbeth, Coriolanus, Anthony and Cleopatra and Richard II.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415606615
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/24/2011
Pages:	388
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

G. Wilson Knight

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 On Imaginative Interpretation; Chapter 2 The Torch of Life: An Essay on Julius Caesar; Chapter 3 The Eroticism of Julius Caesar; Chapter 4 Rose of May: An Essay on Life-Themes in Hamlet; Chapter 5 The Milk of Concord: An Essay on Life-Themes in Macbeth; Chapter 6 The Royal Occupation: An Essay on Coriolanus; Chapter 7 The Transcendental Humanism of Antony and Cleopatra; Chapter 8 The Diadem of Love: An Essay on Antony and Cleopatra; Chapter 9 Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra; Chapter 10 A Note on Antony and Cleopatra; Chapter 11 The Prophetic Soul;