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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Comedy [Hardcover]

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  • Category: Books (Literary Criticism)
  • ISBN-10:  0521770440
  • ISBN-10:  0521770440
  • ISBN-13:  9780521770446
  • ISBN-13:  9780521770446
  • Publisher:  Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher:  Cambridge University Press
  • Pages:  256
  • Pages:  256
  • Binding:  Hardcover
  • Binding:  Hardcover
  • Pub Date:  01-May-2001
  • Pub Date:  01-May-2001
  • SKU:  0521770440-11-MPOD
  • SKU:  0521770440-11-MPOD
  • Item ID: 100271841
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An accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's comedies, dark comedies and romances, first published in 2001.This is an accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's comedies and romances. Rather than taking each play in isolation, the chapters trace recurring issues, suggesting both the continuity and the variety of Shakespeare's practice and the creative use he made of the conventions he inherited. The first section places Shakespeare in the context of classical and Renaissance comedy, his Elizabethan predecessors and the traditions of popular festivity. The second section traces themes through Shakespeare's early and middle comedies, tragicomedies and late romances, illuminating particular plays by close analysis.This is an accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's comedies and romances. Rather than taking each play in isolation, the chapters trace recurring issues, suggesting both the continuity and the variety of Shakespeare's practice and the creative use he made of the conventions he inherited. The first section places Shakespeare in the context of classical and Renaissance comedy, his Elizabethan predecessors and the traditions of popular festivity. The second section traces themes through Shakespeare's early and middle comedies, tragicomedies and late romances, illuminating particular plays by close analysis.This introduction examines the continuity and variety of Shakepeare's work and the creative use he made of his inherited conventions. The first section places Shakespeare in the context of classical and Renaissance comedy, his Elizabethan predecessors and the traditions of popular festivity. The second section traces themes through Shakespeare's early and middle comedies, dark comedies and late romances, illuminating particular plays by close analysis,Preface; Chronology; Part I. Shakespeare and Comic Tradition: 1. Theories of comedy David Galbraith; 2. Roman comedy Robert S. MiollĂ#
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