SHAKESPEARE'S LATE WORK

"Shakespeare's Late Work is a detailed reading of the plays written at the end of Shakespeare's career, centring on Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, and The Tempest. Lyne explores how Shakespeare sets great store in grand principles - faith in God, love of family, and reverence for monarchs. However, there is also a ubiquitous and structuring irony whereby such principles are questioned and doubted. A chapter on the collaborations and broader dramatic relationships with John Fletcher and Thomas Middleton also illuminates how Shakespeare's work interacts with other writing of its time."--Jacket.