Dimensions
129 x 197 x 19mm
'The Winter's Tale' is one of the "divine comedies" with which Shakespeare completed his tenure as the most gifted dramatist of England's golden age.
Though they all have what can be described as happy endings, the five romances that came at the conclusion of Shakespeare's professional life differ from his earlier comedies and tragicomedies in the earnestness with which they engage the grim realities of life.
Taken together, these mature tragicomedies offer a panoramic view of the human condition. Most contain incidents that seem shocking, if not wildly implausible yet rather than concealing their improbability or disguise the devices they deploy to forestall calamities that look inevitable, Shakespeare's romances tend to revel in their own artifice.
