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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... mind naturally dedicating itself to the pursuit of truth will inevitably be chary in pronouncing judgment . He will feel that there is an inherent though not an inevitable antipathy between temperaments which most readily take to ...
... mind naturally dedicating itself to the pursuit of truth will inevitably be chary in pronouncing judgment . He will feel that there is an inherent though not an inevitable antipathy between temperaments which most readily take to ...
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... mind , and often anti - Aristotelian in detail . Cinthio , to whom as yet no one has paid proper critical tribute , was even more markedly an exponent of the Aristotelian method , and no less free from bondage to the Aristotelian edict ...
... mind , and often anti - Aristotelian in detail . Cinthio , to whom as yet no one has paid proper critical tribute , was even more markedly an exponent of the Aristotelian method , and no less free from bondage to the Aristotelian edict ...
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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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