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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790656603321

Autore

Nevo Ruth

Titolo

Comic transformations in Shakespeare / / Ruth Nevo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-136-55712-1

1-315-01824-1

0-415-84666-8

1-136-55705-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Shakespeare : comedies

Disciplina

251

Soggetti

Humorous plays

Comic, The

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1980.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Shakespeare's New Comedy 2. 'My glass and not my brother' 3. 'Kate of Kate Hall' 4. The Two Gentlemen of Verona 5. Navarre's world of words 6. Fancy's images 7. Jessica's monkey; or, The Goodwins 8. The case of Falstaff and the Merry Wives 9. 'Better than reportingly' 10. Existence in Arden 11. Nature's bias 12. Comic remedies 13. Appendix: Scanning a Shakespeare play

Sommario/riassunto

In this study of Shakespeare's ten early comedies, from 'The Comedy of Errors' to 'Twelfth Night', the concept of a dynamic of comic form is developed.