Shakespeare Tragedies Pack (Mixed media product)

Penguin/Longman Combination Value Packs Each pack contains a Penguin edition and a Longman criticism. Four Tragedies: William Shakespeare Editors T. J. B. Spencer, Kenneth Muir, G.K. Hunter Editor Anne Barton Introduction by Anne Barton The great Shakespearean tragedies explore the fall from grace of a great man due to a flaw in his nature. Whether it is the ruthless ambition of Macbeth or the folly of Lear, the irresolution of Hamlet or the suspicion of Othello, the cause of the tragedy is trifling compared to the calamity that it unleashes. Each of the four tragedies in this collection is accompanied by an introduction and textual notes. and A Preface to Shakespeare's Tragedies Edited by Michael Mangan This book is a study of four of Shakespeare's major tragedies - Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. It looks at these plays in a variety of contexts - both in isolation and in relation to each other. Michael Mangan also explores the cultural, ideological, social and political contexts in which they were written.