Shakespearean ComedyThomas Marc Parrott offers readers introductions to Shakespeare's works, groupings according to genre and a play-by-play recital of the Shakespeare canon, and a notation of success or failure of the plays as determined by sixteenth century and modern audiences with the expectation that readers can clearly understand the method of Shakespeare's comedies. |
Contents
THE MEDIEVAL BACKGROUND | 3 |
THE IMPACT OF THE RENAISSANCE | 37 |
THE NEW COMEDY | 53 |
Copyright | |
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