Fathers and sons in Shakespeare : the debt never promised /

Tromly, Fred B., 1943-

Fathers and sons in Shakespeare : the debt never promised / Fred B. Tromly. - Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2010 - 1 online resource (xiv, 360 pages : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : interpreting Shakespeare's sons : ambivalence, rescue, and revenge -- Paternal authority and filial autonomy in Shakespeare's England -- Henry VI, part one : prototypical beginnings : the two John Talbots -- Richard II : patrilineal inheritance and the generation gap -- Henry IV, part one : Deep defiance and the rebel prince -- Henry IV, part two : the prince becomes the king, with a note on Henry V -- Hamlet : notes from the underground : paternal and filial subterfuge -- King Lear : the usurpation of fathers, and of fathers and sons -- Macbeth and the late plays : the disappearance of ambivalent sons -- Biographical coda : William Shakespeare, son of John Shakespeare -- Appendix 1 : Shakespearean fathers and sons in Edward III -- Appendix 2 : Thomas Plume's anecdote : the merry-cheeked, jest-cracking John Shakespeare, Sir John Mennes, and Sir John Falstaff.

Through careful scrutiny of word and deed, the scholarship in Fathers and Sons in Shakespeare reveals the complex attitude Shakespeare's sons harbour towards their fathers.


English.

9781442699052 (electronic bk.) 1442699051 (electronic bk.) 9781442699069 (e-book) 144269906X (bound)

10.3138/9781442699052 doi

22573/ctt5bqnn JSTOR

20099075202


Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Characters--Fathers.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Characters--Sons.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Critique et interprétation.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Personnages--Pères.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Personnages--Fils.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.


Fathers and sons in literature.
Pères et fils dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Shakespeare.
DRAMA--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Fathers and sons in literature.
Fathers in literature.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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