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Shakespeare’s Forgotten Plays: The Late Romances
Adaptation Theory • Classical Literature • Drama • Fairy Tales • Renaissance • Shakespeare • The Greco-Roman World • The Middle Ages • Travel LiteraturePrecepted by
Liam Daley.
This module looks at two late plays frequently overlooked in Shakespeare studies: Pericles, Prince of Tyre and Cymbeline. In Pericles, Shakespeare and collaborator George Wilkins present a medievalist fairy-tale of adventure on the high seas, set in the ancient Mediterranean and narrated by Middle English poet, John Gower. In Cymbeline, a princess’s attempt to rid herself of the suitor she loathes and reunite with the man she loves leads to a tangle of escapes, pursuits, and mistaken identities. Decried by some critics for their eccentric and eclectic plots, both plays feature grand voyages across land and sea, benevolent magic, and the loss and recovered of true love.
Required Texts
Shakespeare’s Pericles, Prince of Tyre and Cymbeline
Iterations
None (yet!)
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