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Title
Shakespeare’s tragic relief
Creator
Simshaw, Glenn
Contributor
Burrow, Gale (introduction)
Date Created and/or Issued
2016-04-21
Publication Information
Claremont Colleges Library
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Claremont Discourse Lectures
Rights Information
Physical rights are retained by the institution. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws.
Description
Scripps professor of writing, Glenn Simshaw, discusses a pattern in Shakespeare’s middle comedies in which painful scenes disrupt conventional comic progress. These moments of tragic relief stage social crises by presenting heroes (or would-be heroes) with dangerous opportunities to become separated from their most important human ties. These catastrophes give the men a chance for introspection, clarification, and growth as they move towards becoming fathers for their immediate families and their larger communities. Their confrontations with mortality occasion structural ruptures but also epiphanies that bind.
Type
moving image
Format
H.264/f4v
Identifier
cdl00057
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cdl/id/61
Language
English
Subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
English drama (Comedy)
Tragicomedy
Source
70 minute DVM of lecture by Glenn Simshaw
Relation
Claremont Discourse Lectures https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cdl

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