Four Great Tragedies: Hamlet / Othello / King Lear / Macbeth by Russell Fraser, William Shakespeare, Sylvan Barnet, Alvin Kernan

Four Great Tragedies: Hamlet / Othello / King Lear / Macbeth

Russell Fraser, William Shakespeare, Sylvan Barnet, Alvin Kernan

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592 pages | first published 1606

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The greatest tragic plays of William Shakespeare--including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth. What is tragedy? The Elizabethans defined it as a "lofty" play showing "personages of great state" caught up in a "lamentable" action that "beginn...
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