The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Comedy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521770446)

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,

Author: Alexander Leggatt
ISBN-10: 0521770440
ISBN-13: 9780521770446
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/20/2001
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.80d