1st Edition

The Imperial Theme Further Interpretations of Shakespeare's Tragedies Including the Roman Plays

By G. Wilson Knight Copyright 2003
    388 Pages
    by Routledge

    392 Pages
    by Routledge

    First Published in 2002. This is a collection of essays and commentary on the later Shakespearian tragedies of Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Macbeth, Coriolanus, Anthony and Cleopatra and Richard II.

    Chapter 1 On Imaginative Interpretation; Chapter 2 The Torch of Life: An Essay on Julius Caesar; Chapter 3 The Eroticism of Julius Caesar; Chapter 4 Rose of May: An Essay on Life-Themes in Hamlet; Chapter 5 The Milk of Concord: An Essay on Life-Themes in Macbeth; Chapter 6 The Royal Occupation: An Essay on Coriolanus; Chapter 7 The Transcendental Humanism of Antony and Cleopatra; Chapter 8 The Diadem of Love: An Essay on Antony and Cleopatra; Chapter 9 Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra; Chapter 10 A Note on Antony and Cleopatra; Chapter 11 The Prophetic Soul;

    Biography

    G. Wilson Knight