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Shakespeare's Comedy of Love
Contributor(s): Leggatt, Alexander (Author)
ISBN: 0415489148     ISBN-13: 9780415489140
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $59.80  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2008
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Annotation: This study removes some of the critical puzzles that Shakespeare's comedies of love have posed in the past. The author shows that what distinguishes the comedies is not their similarity but their variety.
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BISAC Categories:
- Drama | Shakespeare
- Literary Criticism | Shakespeare
- Literary Criticism | Poetry
Dewey: 822.33
Series: Routledge Library Editions. Shakespeare. Comedies
Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.83 lbs) 296 pages
 
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First published in 1987.
This study removes some of the critical puzzles that Shakespeare's comedies of love have posed in the past. The author shows that what distinguishes the comedies is not their similarity but their variety - the way in which each play is a new combination of essentially similar ingredients, so that, for example, the boy/girl changes in The Merchant of Venice are seen to have a quite different significance from those in As You Like It.