TY  - BOOK
AU  - Usongo,Kenneth
TI  - Character and the supernatural in Shakespeare and Achebe
T2  - Routledge studies in speculative fiction
SN  - 9781003149224 (electronic bk)
AV  - PR2989 .U86 2021
U1  - 822.3/3 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Shakespeare, William,
KW  - Achebe, Chinua
KW  - Supernatural in literature
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / African
N1  - Contextualizing Shakespeare and Achebe. Differences between Shakespeare and Achebe -- The term supernatural. Early western embodiments of the supernatural -- Igbo embodiments of the supernatural -- Literary manifestations of the supernatural -- Shakespeare and the supernatural. King Lear -- Macbeth -- Julius Caesar -- Hamlet -- Othello -- Achebe and the supernatural -- The supernatural and character -- The supernatural as premonitory -- The supernatural and morality -- Shakespeare's and Achebe's use of the supernatural -- Impact of the supernatural on the protagonists -- The supernatural as prolepsis and moral implications
N2  - "Through mainly a New Historicist critical approach, this book explores how Shakespeare and Achebe employ supernatural devices such as prophecies, dreams, gods/goddesses, beliefs, and divinations to create complex characters"--
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003149224
UR  - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf
ER  -