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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... Claudio - and having a comical difficulty in maintaining the part . This is a good example of Shakespeare's detachment in this play : of the amused distance at which his creations should be held , if we are to take Much Ado as an ...
... Claudio - and having a comical difficulty in maintaining the part . This is a good example of Shakespeare's detachment in this play : of the amused distance at which his creations should be held , if we are to take Much Ado as an ...
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... Claudio and Juliet have lived together as man and wife , although their contract has been secret : it has " lacked the denunciation of outward order . " ( The contract between Angelo and Mariana , on the other hand , had been public ...
... Claudio and Juliet have lived together as man and wife , although their contract has been secret : it has " lacked the denunciation of outward order . " ( The contract between Angelo and Mariana , on the other hand , had been public ...
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... Claudio had expressed himself convinced ; and then the Duke's discourse had shrivelled like a thread in the flame of Claudio's longing for life . How will pi - jaw help Claudio ? Shakespeare imagined Claudio as a good lad , but not ...
... Claudio had expressed himself convinced ; and then the Duke's discourse had shrivelled like a thread in the flame of Claudio's longing for life . How will pi - jaw help Claudio ? Shakespeare imagined Claudio as a good lad , but not ...
Inhalt
INTRODUCTIONKenneth Muir | 1 |
THEMES AND STRUCTURE IN THE COMEDY OF ERRORS | 11 |
A MIDSUMMERNIGHTS DREAMErnest Schanzer | 26 |
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