The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Comedy
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- Editor: Alexander Leggatt, University of Toronto
- Date Published: January 2002
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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,
Read more- Chapters devoted to themes across several plays rather than one chapter per play
- Broad interpretation of comedy, to include late romances like The Tempest and 'problem' plays like Measure for Measure
- Pays full attention to literary and cultural contexts
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- Date Published: January 2002
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521779425
- length: 256 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 153 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.4kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Chronology
Part I. Shakespeare and Comic Tradition:
1. Theories of comedy David Galbraith
2. Roman comedy Robert S. Miola
3. Italian stories on the stage Louis George Clubb
4. Elizabethan comedy Janette Dillon
5. Popular festivity François Laroque
Part II. Shakespearean Comedy:
6. Forms of confusion John Creaser
7. Love and courtship Catherine Bates
8. Laughing at 'others' Edward Berry
9. Comedy and sex Alexander Leggatt
10. Language and comedy Lynne Magnusson
11. Sexual disguise and the theatre of gender Barbara Hodgdon
12. Matters of state Anthony Miller
13. The experiment of romance Michael O'Connell
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