TY - BOOK AU - Shakespeare,William AU - Kermode,Frank TI - The winter's tale T2 - The Signet classic Shakespeare SN - 0451522605 AV - PR2839.A2 K45 1963 U1 - 822.33 PY - 1963///] CY - [New York] PB - New American Library KW - Shakespeare, William, KW - Winter's tale (Shakespeare, William) KW - fast KW - Fathers and daughters KW - Drama KW - Married people KW - Castaways KW - Kings and rulers KW - Sicily (Italy) KW - Italy KW - Sicily KW - Tragicomedy N1 - "Suggested references": pages 217-223; Shakespeare: prefatory remarks -- Introduction -- The Winter's tale -- Textual note -- The source of The Winter's tale -- Commentaries -- E.M.W. Tillyard : from Shakespeare's last plays -- G. Wilson Knight: from The crown of life -- Wolfgang Clemen : from The development of Shakespeare's imagery -- Suggested references; classic; donation N2 - King Leontes unjustly accuses his wife Hermione of adultery with King Polixenes. He imprisons Hermione, who falls into a swoon he believes is death, and orders her infant daughter to be abandoned on the shore. Sixteen years later, their daughter falls in love with Polixenes's son and when they come to Leontes' kingdom, her identity is revealed. Leontes and Polixenes become friends again, and Hermione is found to be alive after all ER -