Shakespeare
The Comedies
Published on 2. December 1999
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-0-333-73967-9 (ISBN)
Description
Shakespeare's comedies combine charm and wit with probing intelligence. Through detailed analysis of passages from "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Much Ado About Nothing", "As You Like It" and "Twelfth Night",this book explores the satire and sympathy, the linguistic variety, and the dramatic skill which make Shakespearean comedy both entertaining and profound. Part II suggests connections with the rest of Shakespeare's work, and concludes with a survey of comic theory and criticism devoted to the comedies.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
note, further reading, index
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 141 mm
Weight
460 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-73967-9 (9780333739679)
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Person
R. P. DRAPER is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Aberdeen and has published widely in the fields of Shakespeare and modern literature and, in particular, on D.H. Lawrence and Thomas Hardy. His most recent publication is An Introduction to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English, also published by Macmillan.
Content
Contents - General Editor's Preface - A Note on Editions - PART ONE: ANALYSING SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDIES - Introduction: The Nature of Shakespearean Comedy - Atmospherics - Sympathetic Criticism - Illusion - Romantic Sentiment - Wooing - Fools (1): Dupes - Fools (2): Clever Fools - Manlike Women - Odd Men Out - Set Pieces - Endings - General Conclusions to Part One - PART TWO: THE CONTEXT AND THE CRITICS - The Other Comedies and the Poems - Histories, Tragedies, and Last Plays - Theories of Comedy and Criticism of Shakespeare's Comedies - Further Reading - Index