Shakespeare and the uses of comedy

Shakespeare and the uses of comedy /

In Shakespeare's hand the comic mode became an instrument for exploring the broad territory of the human situation, including much that had normally been reserved for tragedy. Once the reader recognizes that justification for such an assumption is presented repeatedly in the earlier comedies --...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bryant, J. A. (Joseph Allen), 1919-1999 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [1986]
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Comedies.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Humorous plays.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Collected works.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Comedies > Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Comedies.
English.
Languages & Literatures.
English Literature.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Shakespeare's exploration of the human comedy
  • The comedy of errors
  • The two gentlemen of Verona
  • Love's labor's lost
  • A midsummer night's dream
  • The merchant of Venice
  • The taming of the shrew
  • The merry wives of Windsor
  • Much ado about nothing
  • As you like it
  • Twelfth night
  • Troilus and Cressida
  • All's well that ends well and Measure for measure
  • Cymbeline and The winter's tale
  • The tempest.

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