Routledge Revivals: The Shakespearean Metaphor (1990)

<p>First published in 1978 this book represents a study of the ways in which Shakespeare exploits the possibilities of metaphor. In a series of studies ranging from the early to the mature Shakespeare the author concentrates on metaphor as a controlling structure — the extent to which a certain metaphoric idea informs and organises the drama. These studies turn constantly to the relations between symbol and metaphor literal and figurative and examine key plays such as <i>Richard III King John Henry V Romeo and Juliet Troilus and Cressida </i>and<i> Coriolanus.</i> They also provide a key to <i>The Tempest</i> which is analysed in terms of power and possession — the dominant motif. </p>