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Shakespeare and the Traditions of Comedy

Shakespeare and the Traditions of Comedy

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  • Date Published: August 1976
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521291132

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  • This book relates Shakespeare's comedies to a broad European background. At the beginning and again at the end of his career, Shakespeare was attracted by a tradition of stage romances which can be traced back to Chaucer's time. But the main shaping behind his comedies came from the classical tradition. Mr Salingar therefore examines the underlying theme of 'errors' in Greek and Roman comedies and, taking three Italian comedies famous in the sixteenth century as examples, he then reveals how the Italian Renaissance revived the classical tradition, and what effect this revival had on Shakespeare the Elizabethan playwright and discusses such topics as the device of the play within a play and Shakespeare's choice of Italian short stories as plot material. This book shows how Shakespeare changed the motifs he took over from previous traditions of comedy and highlights the innovations he introduced, as an actor-dramatist writing in the first period of commercial theatre in Europe.

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    ' … a major achievement in presenting and understanding comedy before Shakespeare and Shakespeare's masterly use of it.' The Times Literary Supplement

    'This is a splendid book - splendid in its directness and splendid in the wealth of intellect and illustration to which the reader is treated. … It is good to see critical insight and historical knowledge brought together so fruitfully.' Literature and History

    ' … a sound and scholarly treatment of a highly complex and fascinating intellectual heritage … This will no doubt remain for years to come the standard work in its field.' The Virginia Quarterly Review

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    Product details

    • Date Published: August 1976
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521291132
    • length: 368 pages
    • dimensions: 217 x 140 x 22 mm
    • weight: 0.49kg
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    Preface
    1. The unfaithful mirror
    2. Medical stage romances
    3. 'Errors' and deceit in classical comedy
    4. Fortune in classical comedy
    5. Shakespeare and Italian comedy
    6. An Elizabethan playwright
    Bibliography
    Index of plays
    General index.

  • Author

    Leo Salingar, Trinity College, Cambridge

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