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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... critics on theo- logical grounds . G. Wilson Knight - in one of his earliest and best essays , published in 1930 - stressed the scriptural affinities of the play ; but he argued that Isabella , after failing to sacrifice her chastity to ...
... critics on theo- logical grounds . G. Wilson Knight - in one of his earliest and best essays , published in 1930 - stressed the scriptural affinities of the play ; but he argued that Isabella , after failing to sacrifice her chastity to ...
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... critics tended to sentimentalize the comedies of Shakespeare's final period . They often assumed that the poet had emerged from the gloom of his tragic period to reach an " ultimate mood of grave serenity , " at peace with the world ...
... critics tended to sentimentalize the comedies of Shakespeare's final period . They often assumed that the poet had emerged from the gloom of his tragic period to reach an " ultimate mood of grave serenity , " at peace with the world ...
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... critics never seen a human soul or a human body in the extremity of torment ? Physical torture Isabel thinks she could have stood without flinching . She has said so to Angelo : The impression of keen whips I'ld wear as rubies , And ...
... critics never seen a human soul or a human body in the extremity of torment ? Physical torture Isabel thinks she could have stood without flinching . She has said so to Angelo : The impression of keen whips I'ld wear as rubies , And ...
Inhalt
INTRODUCTIONKenneth Muir | 1 |
THEMES AND STRUCTURE IN THE COMEDY OF ERRORS | 11 |
A MIDSUMMERNIGHTS DREAMErnest Schanzer | 32 |
Urheberrecht | |
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