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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... speak of them as irresponsible children , as some critics do . They are conscientious and very much overworked servants of the queen , with little time for idle gossiping . In their encounters with Bottom the tiny fairies , so far from ...
... speak of them as irresponsible children , as some critics do . They are conscientious and very much overworked servants of the queen , with little time for idle gossiping . In their encounters with Bottom the tiny fairies , so far from ...
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... speak as if Shakespeare had imagined Claudio a self - indulgent boy , a " poor weak soul . " Yet it is only Angelo's retrospective revival which makes Claudio's offence capital . " He hath but as offended in a dream , " says the kindly ...
... speak as if Shakespeare had imagined Claudio a self - indulgent boy , a " poor weak soul . " Yet it is only Angelo's retrospective revival which makes Claudio's offence capital . " He hath but as offended in a dream , " says the kindly ...
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... speak , sweet , I'ld have you do it ever : when you sing , I'ld have you buy and sell so , so give alms . Pray so ... speaking voice . Consider the effect of the double “ so " in the fourth line , the first bringing the movement of the ...
... speak , sweet , I'ld have you do it ever : when you sing , I'ld have you buy and sell so , so give alms . Pray so ... speaking voice . Consider the effect of the double “ so " in the fourth line , the first bringing the movement of the ...
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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