Shakespearian ComedyFirst published in 1938. This is a survey of Shakepeare's comedies which illustrates the playwright's increasing grasp on the art and idea of comedy. Themes, characters and plays covered include: Romanticism in Shakespearian comedy; Shakespeare's Jew, Falstaff, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Dark Comedies. |
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... this book is available from the British Library Shakespearian Comedy ISBN 0-415-35267-3 Miniset : Comedies Series : Routledge Library Editions - Shakespeare by H. B. CHARLTON Taylor Professor of English Literature University.
... this book is available from the British Library Shakespearian Comedy ISBN 0-415-35267-3 Miniset : Comedies Series : Routledge Library Editions - Shakespeare by H. B. CHARLTON Taylor Professor of English Literature University.
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H. B. Charlton. by H. B. CHARLTON Taylor Professor of English Literature University of Manchester METHUEN & CO . LTD . LONDON 36 Essex Street Strand W.C.2 First Published February 24h 1938 Second Edition Third Edition Fourth SHAKESPEARIAN ...
H. B. Charlton. by H. B. CHARLTON Taylor Professor of English Literature University of Manchester METHUEN & CO . LTD . LONDON 36 Essex Street Strand W.C.2 First Published February 24h 1938 Second Edition Third Edition Fourth SHAKESPEARIAN ...
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... English literature, we find a multitude of ways of handling it which can easily be justified as proper activities in the pursuit of knowledge. Such, for instance, are all the opportunities it offers for what in the most obvious sense ...
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... English literature are now estab- lished in universities as an accepted means for effecting that particular spiritual and intellectual discipline which is a primary object of academic study . But there is still uncertainty as to how ...
... English literature are now estab- lished in universities as an accepted means for effecting that particular spiritual and intellectual discipline which is a primary object of academic study . But there is still uncertainty as to how ...
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... English literature locking himself up in the Record Office or devoting his life to the tenth - rate company of authors whose writings the wiser world has willingly let die . But only two or three of our young folks in a generation need ...
... English literature locking himself up in the Record Office or devoting his life to the tenth - rate company of authors whose writings the wiser world has willingly let die . But only two or three of our young folks in a generation need ...
Contents
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THE RECOIL FROM ROMANTICISM | 44 |
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW | 73 |
A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM | 100 |
SHAKESPEARES JEW | 123 |
FALSTAFF | 161 |
THE DARK COMEDIES | 208 |
THE CONSUMMATION | 266 |
INDEX | 299 |
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