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Zilberfain, Ava.

Stealing the story : Shakespeare's self-conscious use of the mimetic tradition in the tragedies / Ava Zilberfain. - New York : Continuum, 2007. - v, 181 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Mimesis, tragedy, and narrative -- Shakespeare's use of mimesis -- Political reformation in The tragedy of King Richard the Second -- The ethical realm of The tragedy of Macbeth -- Breakdown of representation and the emergence of the divided self in The tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark -- Myth and the myth of centrality in Antony and Cleopatra -- Epistemological doubt in The tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice -- The birth of the totalitarian state in The tragedy of King Lear. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8.

ISBN: 9780826417367 (alk. paper) 0826417361 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2006037297

Subjects--Personal Names:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Literary style.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Tragedies.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Imitation in literature.
Mimesis in literature.

LC Class. No.: PR2997.I46 / Z56 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 822.3/3