Shakespeare's Tragedies

by Clare R. Kinney

CD sound recording, 2007

Status

Available

Call number

822.33

Genres

Collections

Publication

Great Courses (2007), Compact Disc, 12 CDs, 12 hours, 24 lectures, 114 pages

Description

This course examines six of Shakespeare's tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, and Coriolanus.

User reviews

LibraryThing member datrappert
This is one of the best Great Courses I have ever listened to (I have the CD version but streamed it in my car on the way to work). Professor Kinney gave me more insight into these plays than I ever had before, although I studied most of them in college and have seen filmed versions. What makes
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these lectures so engaging is her recital of Shakespeare's words. She can really act and it brings these plays to life, even in a lecture format. Her analysis of the plays is also good and she gets a lot done in 3-4 lectures per play. I certainly don't have any quibbles with anything she said; it all seemed on target, reasonable, and non-academic. If you have any interest in Shakespeare's tragedies, by all means listen to this course. If you don't pick it up at one of the Teaching Company's frequent sales, your library probably has it.
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Physical description

114 p.; 9.1 inches

ISBN

1598033077 / 9781598033076

Local notes

[1] Defining tragedy [2] Shakespearean tragedy in context [3] Hamlet I: "Stand and unfold yourself" [4] Hamlet II: The performance of revenge [5] Hamlet III: Difficult women [6] Hamlet IV: Uncontainable Hamlet [7] Othello I: Miscegenation and mixed messages [8] Othello II: Monstrous births [9] Othello III: "Ocular proof" [10] Othello IV: Tragic knowledge [11] King Lear I: Kingship and kinship [12] King Lear II: "Unaccommodated man" [13] King Lear III: The stage of fools [14] King Lear IV: "Is this the promised end?" [15] Macbeth I: Desire and equivocation [16] Macbeth II: "Dispute it like a man" [17] Macbeth III --Bloody babes and bloody ends [18] Antony and Cleopatra I: Epic desires [19] Antony and Cleopatra II: Identity politics [20] Antony and Cleopatra III: The art of dying [21] Coriolanus I: The loner and the mob [22] Coriolanus II: The theater of politics [23] Coriolanus III: Mothers and killers [24] Conclusion: Beyond tragedy?

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