Winter's Tale

Through expert guidance on understanding interpreting and writing about Shakespeare's language this book makes <i>The Winter's Tale</i> accessible and exciting for students. It demonstrates that careful attention to Shakespeare's complex dramatic language can clarify the structure and concerns of the play as well as provide deep and satisfying engagement with the social political and ethical questions Shakespeare raises. Each chapter features a 'Writing Matters' section designed to connect analysis of Shakespeare's language to students' development of their own writing strategies. The book examines topics in the play such as tragicomic genre; women's assertion of social and political agency; obedience and resistance to rulers; the virtues and risks of following festivity and disputes over the proper forms of religious devotion.<br/>