The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Comedy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521779425)

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: 0521779421
ISBN-13: 9780521779425
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/20/2001
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.02w x 0.63d

Review Citation(s):
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2003 pg. 494