The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean ComedyAlexander Leggatt First published in 2001, this is an accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's comedies and romances. Rather than taking each play in isolation, the chapters trace recurring issues, suggesting both the continuity and the variety of Shakespeare's practice and the creative use he made of the conventions he inherited. The first section puts Shakespeare in the context of classical and Renaissance comedy and comic theory, the work of his Elizabethan predecessors and the traditions of popular festivity. The second section traces a number of themes through Shakespeare's early and middle comedies, dark comedies and late romances, establishing the key features of his comedy as a whole and illuminating particular plays by close analysis. Individual chapters draw on contemporary politics, rhetoric, and the history of Shakespeare production. Written by experts in the relevant fields, the chapters frequently challenge long-standing critical assumptions. |
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... Shrew and, with Carol Rutter, working on a book about performers and performances. FRANÇOIS LAROQUE is Professorof English at Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III.He istheauthor of Shakespeare's FestiveWorld(1991; reprinted paperback 1993) andof ...
... Shrew and, with Carol Rutter, working on a book about performers and performances. FRANÇOIS LAROQUE is Professorof English at Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III.He istheauthor of Shakespeare's FestiveWorld(1991; reprinted paperback 1993) andof ...
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... Shrew) 1567 The Red Lionplayhouse opens 1576 The Theatre opens 1577 The Curtain playhouse opens 1582 Shakespeare marriesAnne Hathaway; the license is issued on November 27 and thefirst child (Susanna) is born six months later c. 1584 ...
... Shrew) 1567 The Red Lionplayhouse opens 1576 The Theatre opens 1577 The Curtain playhouse opens 1582 Shakespeare marriesAnne Hathaway; the license is issued on November 27 and thefirst child (Susanna) is born six months later c. 1584 ...
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Alexander Leggatt. the Shrew c. 1593 Lyly, The Woman in the Moon; Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona c. 1594 Around this time Shakespeare becomes a sharer in the Chamberlain's Men c. 1595 Shakespeare, Love's Labor's Lost c. 1596 ...
Alexander Leggatt. the Shrew c. 1593 Lyly, The Woman in the Moon; Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona c. 1594 Around this time Shakespeare becomes a sharer in the Chamberlain's Men c. 1595 Shakespeare, Love's Labor's Lost c. 1596 ...
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... , The Comedy of Errors, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, All'sWellThat Ends Well, Twelfth Night, The Winter's Tale and Cymbeline are published for the first time 1 Shakespeare and comic tradition 1 DAVID GALBRAITH Theories of.
... , The Comedy of Errors, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, All'sWellThat Ends Well, Twelfth Night, The Winter's Tale and Cymbeline are published for the first time 1 Shakespeare and comic tradition 1 DAVID GALBRAITH Theories of.
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Contents
Roman comedy | |
Italian stories on the stage | |
Elizabethan comedy | |
Forms of confusion | |
JOHN CREASER 7 Love andcourtship | |
Laughing at others | |
Comedy and | |
Language and comedy | |
Matters of state | |
ANTHONY MILLER 13 The experimentof romance | |
Select bibliography | |
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