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Genre/Form: | Comedies |
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Named Person: | William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ronald P Draper |
ISBN: | 0312227027 9780312227029 0312227035 9780312227036 0333739671 9780333739679 033373968X 9780333739686 |
OCLC Number: | 41380345 |
Description: | xii, 265 pages ; 22 cm. |
Contents: | Atmospherics -- Sympathetic criticism -- Illusion -- Romantic sentiment -- Wooing -- Fools (1): dupes -- Fool (2): clever fools -- Manlike women -- Odd men out -- Set pieces -- Endings -- The other comedies and the poems -- Histories, tragedies and last plays -- Theories of comedy criticism and Shakespeare's comedies. |
Series Title: | Analysing texts. |
Other Titles: | Shakespeare |
Responsibility: | R.P. Draper. |
More information: |
Abstract:
Shakespeare's comedies combine charm and wit with probing intelligence.
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'Dwelling almost wholly within the text, this well-organised and appealingly written book will be most useful to relative beginners in Shakespeare who need to be alerted to the texture and rhythm of language and event in the plays.' - Claire Preston, Times Higher Education Supplement Read more...
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