TY - BOOK AU - Uphaus,Robert W. TI - Beyond tragedy: structure & experience in Shakespeare's romances SN - 9780813164748 AV - PR2981.5 U1 - 822.3/3 19 PY - 1981/// CY - Lexington PB - The University Press of Kentucky KW - Shakespeare, William, KW - Romances KW - Adaptations KW - Tragicomedy KW - History and criticism KW - Tragicomédie KW - Histoire et critique KW - DRAMA KW - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh KW - bisacsh KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - Shakespeare KW - European KW - fast KW - Shakespeare, William KW - Tragicomedies KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ONE: Beyond Tragedy; TWO: Tragedy and the Intimations of Romance; THREE: Pericles and the Conventions of Romance; FOUR: Cymbeline and the Parody of Romance; FIVE: The Issues of The Winter's Tale; SIX: Prospero's Art and the Descent of Romance; SEVEN: History, Romance, and Henry VIII; NOTES ; INDEX ; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; W; Y; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - In this compact, yet comprehensive exploration of Shakespeare's romances, Robert W. Uphaus suggests that the romances bring us to a realm of human and dramatic experience that is ""beyond tragedy."" The inexorable movement of tragedy toward death and a final close is absorbed in romance by a further movement in which death can lead to renewed life, characters can experience a second time of joy and peace, and the audience's conventional expectations about reality and literature are challenged and enlarged UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=938489 ER -