Shakespeare's Problem Plays / / E.M.W. Tillyard.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Tillyard, E.M.W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1950
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (168 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; PREFACE --; CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; HAMLET --; TROILUS AND CRESSIDA --; ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL --; MEASURE FOR MEASURE --; EPILOGUE --; APPENDICES --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781487574734; 9783110490947
• DOI: 10.3138/9781487574734
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: E.M.W. Tillyard.

The Problem Plays—Hamlet, Troilus and Cressida, All’s Well That Ends Well and Measure for Measure—form a group distinguished by such common factors as a preoccupation with religious dogma and the problem of evil; an interest in human nature as it is, rather than with its latent capacities; and a strong contrast between the outlook of youth and age. Dr. Tillyard discusses these factors before tracing their effect in the individual plays, so that his study not only illumines each piece but also its neighbours. He thus succeeds in bringing these apparently disparate works into sharp focus, and establishes between them a mutually enlightening relationship.