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Northrop Frye on Shakespeare

Northrop Frye

Offers fresh insights into ten of Shakespeare's most popular plays: Romeo and Juliet, A midsummer night's dream, Richard II, Henry IV, Measure for measure, Hamlet, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, The winter's tale, and The tempest.

Arts & CriticismArts & Criticism · medium confidenceArts & Criticism81 signalsLlm Classifier: Arts & Criticism -> Arts & CriticismOpen Library: Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, criticism and interpretation -> BiographyOpen Library: Criticism and interpretationshakespeare, william , 1564-1616 -> BiographyEssays & Cultural CriticismLiterature & Writers

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Governor General's Literary Awards: English-language Non-fictionMajor1986WinnerSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

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  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

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    Serious trade

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