Michael Mangan

A Preface to Shakespeare's Comedies

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

There has been a recent renaissance in research on Shakespeare's comedies. This volume provides an excellent introduction to the latest literary criticism in an increasingly important area.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 536g
• ISBN-13: 9781138162303
• ISBN-10: 1138162302
• Artikelnr.: 71650034

Autorenporträt

Michael Mangan

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations. Prefaratory note and acknowledgements. Prologue
Shakespeare's England- an overview.
Part One: Contexts of Comedy. 1 Laughter and Elizabethan Society. 2 Fools,
clowns and jesters. 3 An audience for comedy. 4 Twentieth century readers
of comedy. Part Two: Critical Analysis. 5 Shakespeare's early comedies
1588-94. 6 A Midsummer Night's Dream c.1595. 7 Much Ado About Nothing
1598-9. 8 As You Like It c. 1599
9 Twelfth Night. Part Three: Reference Section. Short Biographies. Further
Reading. Appendix: The Theatre of Shakespeare's London. Index