| The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Comedy Contributor(s): Leggatt, Alexander (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521770440 ISBN-13: 9780521770446 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $127.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Drama | Shakespeare |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| LCCN: 2001025933 |
| Lexile Measure: 1500 |
| Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.05 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This introduction examines the continuity and variety of Shakepeare's work and the creative use he made of his inherited conventions. The first section places Shakespeare in the context of classical and Renaissance comedy, his Elizabethan predecessors and the traditions of popular festivity. The second section traces themes through Shakespeare's early and middle comedies, dark comedies and late romances, illuminating particular plays by close analysis, |
Contributor Bio(s): Leggatt, Alexander: - Alexander Leggatt is Professor of English at University College, University of Toronto. Among his books are: Citizen Comedy in the Age of Shakespeare (1973), Shakespeare� Comedy of Love (1974), Ben Jonson: his Vision and his Art (1981), English Drama: Shakespeare to the Restoration, 1590�660 (1988), Shakespeare� Political Drama (1988), Jacobean Public Theatre (1992), English Stage Comedy 1490�990: Five Centuries of a Genre (1998) and Introduction to English Renaissance Comedy (1999). |