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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... king . Qui fist Lancelot et Artus En armes si aventureux , Tristan , Percheval et Pontus , Sinon qu'ilz furent amoureux ? But , theoretically , it was love more like Dante's for Beatrice than Petrarch's for Laura . The pattern knight ...
... king . Qui fist Lancelot et Artus En armes si aventureux , Tristan , Percheval et Pontus , Sinon qu'ilz furent amoureux ? But , theoretically , it was love more like Dante's for Beatrice than Petrarch's for Laura . The pattern knight ...
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... king . Clearly such a thoroughly unbrigandlike procedure as this election has almost put them out of their parts . They must be allowed to recover in a traditional tableau . Daggers are whipped out , threats become fierce , and ...
... king . Clearly such a thoroughly unbrigandlike procedure as this election has almost put them out of their parts . They must be allowed to recover in a traditional tableau . Daggers are whipped out , threats become fierce , and ...
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... King Horn's Rimenhild displayed . But when a French romance elaborates its portrait of womanhood , it gives her patience rather than character : women with the forcefulness of a distinct personality might have turned the energies of ...
... King Horn's Rimenhild displayed . But when a French romance elaborates its portrait of womanhood , it gives her patience rather than character : women with the forcefulness of a distinct personality might have turned the energies of ...
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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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