Comic transformations in Shakespeare /
Nevo, Ruth,
Comic transformations in Shakespeare / Ruth Nevo. - vi, 242 pages ; 22 cm - Routledge library edition. Shakespeare. Comedies ; V .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
First published in 1980. 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; the Falstaff plays are seen as a watershed, and the emergence of new comic protagonists - the resourceful, anti-romantic romantic heroine and the Fool - as the summit of the achievement. The plays are explored from three complementary perspectives - theoretical, developmental and interpretative which lead to a further understanding of the powerful relation between the plays' formal compl.
9780415846660 (pbk.)
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Comedies.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Characters--Comic characters.
Humorous plays.
--Reading book
822.33 / NEV
Comic transformations in Shakespeare / Ruth Nevo. - vi, 242 pages ; 22 cm - Routledge library edition. Shakespeare. Comedies ; V .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
First published in 1980. 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; the Falstaff plays are seen as a watershed, and the emergence of new comic protagonists - the resourceful, anti-romantic romantic heroine and the Fool - as the summit of the achievement. The plays are explored from three complementary perspectives - theoretical, developmental and interpretative which lead to a further understanding of the powerful relation between the plays' formal compl.
9780415846660 (pbk.)
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Comedies.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Characters--Comic characters.
Humorous plays.
--Reading book
822.33 / NEV