Shakespeare: the Comedies: A Collection of Critical EssaysKenneth Muir Prentice-Hall, 1965 - 183 Seiten From the Back Cover: Despite differences between Shakespeare's time and ours in language, in taste, in mores, his comedies still produce that sure sign of success-uninhibited laughter. But, as the critics in this volume ably contend, the world of Shakespearean comedy is made of more than make-believe, quick action, and brilliant repartee. Shakespeare's genius was to probe, delicately but deeply, subtle and enduring characteristics of humanity. Each play is set in a land of its own, yet through these lands move characters recognizable in our own world. The reality of these characters is only enhanced by ethereal creatures of the imagination like Puck and Ariel, who weave about them poetic merriment unsurpassed in comic literature. Among the essays in this volume are: As You Like It / Helen Gardener -- Winter's Tale / Derek Traversi -- Helena / G. Wilson Knight -- Shakespeare's Method: The Merchant of Venice / J. Middleton Murry. |
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... human nature . And the careless paganism of Antonio's friends— ordinary " decent " young aristocrats - is the proper ... human life ordinary , approximate , unconscious , instinctive human life - can flow on . The decency of an age and ...
... human nature . And the careless paganism of Antonio's friends— ordinary " decent " young aristocrats - is the proper ... human life ordinary , approximate , unconscious , instinctive human life - can flow on . The decency of an age and ...
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... human , ” he now represents it as " devilish . " 31 But is this really so ? Surely the answer was given by Sir Walter Raleigh years ago . These characters " are live men , pleasant to Shakespeare . " Pompey is " one of those humble ...
... human , ” he now represents it as " devilish . " 31 But is this really so ? Surely the answer was given by Sir Walter Raleigh years ago . These characters " are live men , pleasant to Shakespeare . " Pompey is " one of those humble ...
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... human as well as divine forgiveness . 6 The Duke , ultimately the dispenser of pardon , has something of Prospero's magisterial place and nature , is indeed at certain moments a morality - figure , a god out of the playwright's ...
... human as well as divine forgiveness . 6 The Duke , ultimately the dispenser of pardon , has something of Prospero's magisterial place and nature , is indeed at certain moments a morality - figure , a god out of the playwright's ...
Inhalt
INTRODUCTIONKenneth Muir | 1 |
A MIDSUMMERNIGHTS DREAMErnest Schanzer | 26 |
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHINGA P Rossiter | 47 |
Urheberrecht | |
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action Adriana Ægeon All's Angelo Antipholus Antonio appears audience Benedick and Beatrice Bertram brother called characters Christian Claudio Comedy of Errors comic contrast Countess critics death disguised Dover Wilson dramatic Dromio Duke Duke's E. K. Chambers E. M. W. Tillyard Elizabethan English essay fairies feeling Florizel fool forgiveness Gentlemen of Verona gives grace happiness hath Heaven Helena Hero honor human husband imagination Isabel Isabella Jaques King Lafeu Love's Labour's Lost lovers Lucio Malvolio Mariana marriage Measure for Measure Menaechmi Merchant of Venice Midsummer-Night's Dream mind mistress moral nature nobility Olivia Orsino Parolles passion pastoral Perdita play play's plot poetic Polixenes Prospero romance Rosalind says scene seems sense Shakespeare Shakespearian Shylock situation Sonnets soul speak speare's speech story suggest Tempest theme things thou tragedy true Twelfth Night Viola virtue wife Wilson Wilson Knight Winter's Tale woman words