The Drama of Complaint: Ethical Provocations in Shakespeare's Tragedy
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/aaap177/
Author:
	Shortslef, Emily.
Type:
	Book Monograph
Year:
	2023
Publication Information:
	Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. viii + 224
Annotation:
	Considers ethics of complaint in Shakespeare's works, focusing on narrative and desire in "A Lover's Complaint"; responses to suffering in King Lear; conscience in Richard III; sublime motivation and irrationality in Hamlet; audience and the female complaint genre in Rape of Lucrece; and deathbed complaint and ethical authority in Othello.
Language:
	English
Reviews:
	Li, Min. Forum for Modern Language Studies 61, no. 1 (2025): 91-92.
Tags:
	"A Lover's Complaint", Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, Richard III, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, The Rape of Lucrece
WSB Update:
	Spring 2026
WSB Record Number:
	aaap177