ABSTRACT
First published in 1951. The edition reprints the second, updated, edition, of 1977.
When first published this book quickly established itself as the standard survey of Shakespeare's imagery considered as an integral part of the development of Shakespeare's dramatic art. By illustrating, through the use of examples the progressive stages of Shakespeare's use of imagery, and in relating it to the structure, style and subject matter of the plays, the book throws new light on the dramatist's creative genius.
The second edition includes a new preface and an up-to-date bibliography.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |9 pages
I Introduction
chapter |8 pages
2 Imagery In The History Of Shakespeare Criticism
part |68 pages
Part I The Development Of Imagery In The Plays Of Shakespeare's Early And Middle Period
chapter |9 pages
3 Titus Andronicus
chapter |10 pages
4 The Early Comedies
chapter |7 pages
5 Henry VI
chapter |6 pages
6 Richard III
chapter |10 pages
7 Richard II
chapter |11 pages
8 Romeo And Juliet
chapter |7 pages
9 Language And Imagery In Shakespeare's Middle Period
part |90 pages
Part II The Development Of Imagery In Shakespeare's Great Tragedies
chapter |17 pages
11 Introductory
chapter |13 pages
12 Hamlet
chapter |14 pages
13 Othello
chapter |21 pages
14 King Lear
chapter |5 pages
15 Coriolanus
chapter |9 pages
16 Antony And Cleopatra
chapter |9 pages
17 Timon Of Athens
part |37 pages
Part III The Imagery In The “Romances” (The Tempest, The Winter's Tale, Cymbeline)
chapter |3 pages
18 Introductory
chapter |13 pages
19 The Tempest
chapter |10 pages
20 The Winter's Tale
chapter |9 pages
21 Cymbeline
part |17 pages
Part IV Summary And Conclusion