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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806965903321

Titolo

Shakespeare's comedies / / edited by Emma Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2004

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Blackwell guides to criticism

Altri autori (Persone)

SmithEmma (Emma Josephine)

Disciplina

822.3/3

Soggetti

Comedy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Shakespeare's Comedies; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The Development of Criticism of Shakespeare's Comedies; 2 Genre; Marriage as Comic Closure; False Immortality in Measure for Measure; 3 Language; Here Follows Prose; Transfer of Title in Love's Labour's Lost; 4 Gender and Sexuality; Helena's Bed-trick; The Homoerotics of Shakespearian Comedy; 5 History and Politics; Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?; Bottom's Up; 6 Performance; Kate: Interpreting the Silence; As You Like It; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This Guide introduces students to critical writing on Shakespeare's comedies over the last four centuries. Guides students through four centuries of critical writing on Shakespeare's history plays. Covers both significant early views and recent critical interventions. Substantial editorial material links the articles and places them in context. Annotated suggestions for further reading allow students to investigate further.