The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Comedy Hardback
Edited by Alexander (University of Toronto) Leggatt
Part of the Cambridge Companions to Literature series
Hardback
Description
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 puts Shakespeare in the context of classical and Renaissance comedy and comic theory, the work of his Elizabethan predecessors and the traditions of popular festivity.
The second section traces a number of themes through Shakespeare's early and middle comedies, dark comedies and late romances, establishing the key features of his comedy as a whole and illuminating particular plays by close analysis.
Individual chapters draw on contemporary politics, rhetoric, and the history of Shakespeare production.
Written by experts in the relevant fields, the chapters frequently challenge long-standing critical assumptions.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:20/12/2001
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521770446
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:20/12/2001
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521770446
