Shakespeare's Comedies [[electronic resource] ] : A Guide to Criticism

• Autore: Smith Emma
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Wiley, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 822.33
• Soggetto topico: Comedy; Shakespeare, William
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Shakespeare's Comedies
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462175403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Blackwell Guides to Criticism