The Wheel of Fire by G Wilson Knight: Used

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Condition
Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
Publication Date
2001-05-18
Edition Number
2
Pages
416
ISBN
9780415253956
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN-10
0415253950
ISBN-13
9780415253956
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1953776

Product Key Features

Edition
2
Book Title
Wheel of Fire
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Topic
Shakespeare, General
Genre
Literary Criticism, Drama
Author
G. Wilson Knight
Book Series
Routledge Classics Ser.
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
15.7 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2001-041608
Reviews
'I confess that reading his essays seems to me to have enlarged my understanding of the Shakespearean pattern, which, after all, is quite the main main thing.'- T.S. Eliot, 'I confess that reading his essays seems to me to have enlarged my understanding of the Shakespearean pattern, which, after all, is quite the main main thing.' - T.S. Eliot
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
822.33
Edition Description
Revised edition,New Edition
Table Of Content
Prefatory note -- Introduction by T. S. Eliot -- 1 On the Principles of Shakespeare Interpretation -- 2 The Embassy of Death: an Essay on Hamlet -- 3 The Philosophy of Troilus and Cressida -- 4 Measure for Measure and the Gospels -- 5 The Othello Music -- 6 Brutus and Macbeth -- 7 Macbeth and the Metaphysic of Evil -- 8 King Lear and the Comedy of the Grotesque -- 9 The Lear Universe -- 10 The Pilgrimage of Hate: an Essay on Timon of Athens -- 11 Shakespeare and Tolstoy -- 12 Symbolic Personification -- 13 The Shakespearian Metaphysic -- 14 Tolstoy's Attack on Shakespeare (1934) -- 15 Hamlet Reconsidered (1947) -- Appendix: two notes on the text of hamlet (1947).
Synopsis
Originally published in 1930, this classic of modern Shakespeare criticism proves both enlightening and innovative. Standing head and shoulders above all other Shakespearean interpretations, this is the masterwork of the brilliant English scholar, G. Wilson Knight. Founding a new and influential school of Shakespearean criticism, Wheel of Fire was Knight's first venture in the field - his writing sparkles with insight and wit, and his analyses are key to contemporary understandings of Shakespeare., Originally published in 1930, The Wheel of Fire is the masterwork of the brilliant English scholar G. Wilson Knight, in which he founded a new and influential school of Shakespearean criticism.
LC Classification Number
PR2983.K6 2001

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