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A Short guide to Shkespeare
No CoverA concise scholarly guide to Shakespeare’s life, plays, and Elizabethan stage, written for students and general readers.
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A concise scholarly guide to Shakespeare’s life, plays, and Elizabethan stage, written for students and general readers.
Details
- Release date
- 1974
- Pages
- 206
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc.
- Type
- Nonfiction
- Series
- Short Guide
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Discusses courtship, desire, and bawdy themes in the plays
Violence & gore
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Summarizes battles, murders, and tragic deaths without graphic detail
Profanity
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Notes bawdy puns and coarse comic language in the plays
Substance use
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Brief mentions of drinking in tavern and comic scenes
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Recurring Christian context, biblical allusion, and moral themes
Magic & witchcraft
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Covers witches in Macbeth and fairy magic in the comedies
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources
Political content
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Elizabethan politics, kingship, and social order as recurring themes
Self-harm / suicide
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Notes suicides and self-destruction in major tragedies
Abuse & suffering
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References cruelty, coercion, and suffering in tragic plots
Other
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