The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Comedy (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
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'This companion is invaluable to scholars of Shakespeare, early modern drama and theories of comedy. Wide ranging and eclectic in style and its appeal is far-reaching.' Renaissance Journal
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This introduction examines the continuity and variety of Shakepeare's work and the creative use he made of his inherited conventions. The first section places Shakespeare in the context of classical and Renaissance comedy, his Elizabethan predecessors and the traditions of popular festivity. The second section traces themes through Shakespeare's early and middle comedies, dark comedies and late romances, illuminating particular plays by close analysis,
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Comedy (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Comedy (Cambridge Companions to Literature),Alexander Leggatt,Cambridge University Press,0521779421,1564-1616,Ancient, Classical & Medieval,Comedies,Comedy,English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,Handbooks, manuals, etc,Literary Collections,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Literature: Classics,Shakespeare,Shakespeare, William,,English,Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries,Shakespeare studies & criticism,Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Comedies--Handbooks, manuals, etc
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