Analysing Shakespeare's historical background and craft, Spencer's
1943 study investigates the intellectual debates of Shakespeare's
age, and the effect these had on the drama of the time. The book
outlines the key conflict present in the sixteenth century - the
optimistic ideal of man's place in the universe, as presented by
the theorists of the time, set against the indisputable and
ever-present fact of original sin. This conflict about the nature
of man, argues Spencer, is perhaps the deepest underlying cause for
the emergence of great Renaissance drama. With detailed reference
to Shakespeare's great tragedies, the book demonstrates how
Shakespeare presents the fact of evil masked by the appearance of
good. Shakespeare's last plays, especially The Winter's Tale and
The Tempest, are also analysed in detail to show how they embody a
different view from the tragedies, and the discussion is related to
the larger perspective of general human experience.
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