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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... thing , the style is naturally nearer to the range of the spoken idiom than to the patterns of the written word . Moreover , over a spread of eight years , it is certain that the mood of that evening which happens to be the one ...
... thing , the style is naturally nearer to the range of the spoken idiom than to the patterns of the written word . Moreover , over a spread of eight years , it is certain that the mood of that evening which happens to be the one ...
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... thing which displays the characteristic activity of poetry . The nature of the mouse is to achieve the specific capacity of mouseness , and the law of its growth is its development in evolutionary progression to a more and more complete ...
... thing which displays the characteristic activity of poetry . The nature of the mouse is to achieve the specific capacity of mouseness , and the law of its growth is its development in evolutionary progression to a more and more complete ...
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... thing , classical comedy never fastened itself so securely onto our stage as it did in Italy : and when our Elizabethan comedy was being forged , our romantic temper was urgent and largely conscious of itself . Yet something of the ...
... thing , classical comedy never fastened itself so securely onto our stage as it did in Italy : and when our Elizabethan comedy was being forged , our romantic temper was urgent and largely conscious of itself . Yet something of the ...
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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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