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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... idea of the town as a home of super- natural delusion , Shakespeare is again combining sources . The Epidamnum of ... ideas arising most naturally from the motives and development of the plot , and the response of the characters . The ...
... idea of the town as a home of super- natural delusion , Shakespeare is again combining sources . The Epidamnum of ... ideas arising most naturally from the motives and development of the plot , and the response of the characters . The ...
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... ideas . The method by which the idea is presented is not quite Shakespeare's usual one , though not unlike that discerned by modern critics elsewhere in his work . No one could dare to suggest that Shakespeare took a moral idea and ...
... ideas . The method by which the idea is presented is not quite Shakespeare's usual one , though not unlike that discerned by modern critics elsewhere in his work . No one could dare to suggest that Shakespeare took a moral idea and ...
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... idea , indeed , is also in the mind of Polixenes , and already associated with the idea of reconciliation ; though his thoughts at this stage still turn mainly on the “ loss ” of his former friend's " most precious queen and children ...
... idea , indeed , is also in the mind of Polixenes , and already associated with the idea of reconciliation ; though his thoughts at this stage still turn mainly on the “ loss ” of his former friend's " most precious queen and children ...
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INTRODUCTIONKenneth Muir | 1 |
THEMES AND STRUCTURE IN THE COMEDY OF ERRORS | 11 |
A MIDSUMMERNIGHTS DREAMErnest Schanzer | 32 |
Urheberrecht | |
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