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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... I II Shakespearian Comedy III Shakespeare's Comedy of Love Leggatt IV Shakespeare's Sources Muir V Comic Transformations in Shakespeare Nevo VI Shakespeare's Rhetoric of Comic Character Newman SHAKESPEARIAN COMEDY H. B. CHARLTON.
... I II Shakespearian Comedy III Shakespeare's Comedy of Love Leggatt IV Shakespeare's Sources Muir V Comic Transformations in Shakespeare Nevo VI Shakespeare's Rhetoric of Comic Character Newman SHAKESPEARIAN COMEDY H. B. CHARLTON.
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H. B. Charlton. Routledge Library Editions - Shakespeare COMEDIES In 6 Volumes I Shakespeare and his Comedies II Shakespearian Comedy III Shakespeare's Comedy of Love IV Shakespeare's Sources Brown Charlton Leggatt Muir V VI Comic ...
H. B. Charlton. Routledge Library Editions - Shakespeare COMEDIES In 6 Volumes I Shakespeare and his Comedies II Shakespearian Comedy III Shakespeare's Comedy of Love IV Shakespeare's Sources Brown Charlton Leggatt Muir V VI Comic ...
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... Shakespeare's plays are far more important than their men and women . To these critics , characterisation is rather an accidental than an essential element in drama , and all that really counts is the mystically symbolic patterning of ...
... Shakespeare's plays are far more important than their men and women . To these critics , characterisation is rather an accidental than an essential element in drama , and all that really counts is the mystically symbolic patterning of ...
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... Shakespeare's comedies romantic comedies . What else should one call comedies which are set in Illyria or in forests of Arden , and through which Violas and Orsinos , Rosalinds and Orlandos fleet the time to such music as is the food of ...
... Shakespeare's comedies romantic comedies . What else should one call comedies which are set in Illyria or in forests of Arden , and through which Violas and Orsinos , Rosalinds and Orlandos fleet the time to such music as is the food of ...
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... Shakespeare's public wanted . They surround a Dutch interior with a tale of love and of adventure ; and what is a romance but a tale of love and adventure , of prouesse and courtesie ? That is the justifica- tion for calling the ...
... Shakespeare's public wanted . They surround a Dutch interior with a tale of love and of adventure ; and what is a romance but a tale of love and adventure , of prouesse and courtesie ? That is the justifica- tion for calling the ...
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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