Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes: Slaves Of Passion
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A landmark work of Shakespearean scholarship, Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes: Slaves of Passion presents a penetrating psychological and moral analysis of the great tragic figures in Shakespeare's plays. Lily B. Campbell argues that Shakespeare constructed his tragic heroes not as victims of fate, but as men enslaved by their own dominant passions — whether ambition, jealousy, grief, or wrath — drawing directly on the Renaissance faculty psychology of his era. The study details how each hero's downfall is rooted in a specific emotional excess, illuminating characters such as Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear through the lens of Elizabethan moral philosophy. Scholarly yet richly readable, this influential text transformed how critics and students understand the architecture of Shakespearean tragedy, and it remains an essential touchstone in the field of Renaissance literature and dramatic theory.
Author: Lily B. Campbell
Format: Paperback
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark work of Shakespearean scholarship, Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes: Slaves of Passion presents a penetrating psychological and moral analysis of the great tragic figures in Shakespeare's plays. Lily B. Campbell argues that Shakespeare constructed his tragic heroes not as victims of fate, but as men enslaved by their own dominant passions — whether ambition, jealousy, grief, or wrath — drawing directly on the Renaissance faculty psychology of his era. The study details how each hero's downfall is rooted in a specific emotional excess, illuminating characters such as Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear through the lens of Elizabethan moral philosophy. Scholarly yet richly readable, this influential text transformed how critics and students understand the architecture of Shakespearean tragedy, and it remains an essential touchstone in the field of Renaissance literature and dramatic theory.