Shakespearian Comedy

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Routledge, 2013 M10 11 - 312 pages
First 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.
 

Contents

Preface
7
I Preliminary
9
II Romanticism in Shakespearian Comedy
19
III The Recoil from Romanticism
44
IV The Taming of the Shrew
73
V A Midsummer Nights Dream
100
VI Shakespeares Jew
123
VII Falstaff
161
VIII The Dark Comedies
208
IX The Consummation
266
Index
299

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H B Charlton

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