Synopses & Reviews
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Cymbeline was one of Shakespeare's most popular plays, but in modern times it has received comparatively little editorial attention. This new edition differs from its predecessors by foregrounding the elements of romance, tragicomedy and Jacobean stagecraft which together shape the play; it also acknowledges the postmodern indeterminacy of the play's key moments. Martin Butler has broken with the legacy of the sentimental Victorian reading of the heroine, Innogen, which still exerts some hold on production and interpretation today, and has given greater space than his predecessors to the politics of 1610, especially to questions of British union and nationhood.
Synopsis
A new edition of Shakespeare's late romantic tragicomedy, Cymbeline.
Synopsis
This new edition of Shakespeare's Cymbeline foregrounds the elements of romance, tragicomedy and Jacobean stagecraft which together shape the play; it also acknowledges the postmodern indeterminacy of the play's key moments. Martin Butler presents a refreshingly unsentimental reading of the heroine, Innogen.
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'This new edition of Shakespeare\'s Cymbeline considers the critical and historical scholarship released in the late twentieth century. It highlights the play\'s elements of romance, tragicomedy and Jacobean stagecraft and acknowledges the postmodern indeterminacy of its key moments. Martin Butler departs from the legacy of the sentimental Victorian interpretation of the heroine, Innogen, and focuses on the politics of 1610, especially regarding uestions of British union and nationhood.'
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Lively, instructive access to Shakespeare's rich and complex works.
Table of Contents
Introduction (Date, Romance and folktale, Tragedy and tragicomedy, The woman's part, Romans and Britons, Cymbeline on stage); The play; 'Hark, hark, the lark'; Textual analysis; Reading list.