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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... 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 , and expressing his hopes for its future in the young lovers of ...
... 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 , and expressing his hopes for its future in the young lovers of ...
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... final reconciliation will be far less precarious . The spring - like beauty of this episode will have to be intensified by being joined , in due course , to the deep note of penitence in Leontes . Only thus can the idyllic pastoral be ...
... final reconciliation will be far less precarious . The spring - like beauty of this episode will have to be intensified by being joined , in due course , to the deep note of penitence in Leontes . Only thus can the idyllic pastoral be ...
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... final consummation , and the reference , which follows , to " Whitsun pastorals ” is far more than a piece of decorative folklore . It introduces , deliberately and at this most fitting moment , the theme of the Holy Spirit to stress ...
... final consummation , and the reference , which follows , to " Whitsun pastorals ” is far more than a piece of decorative folklore . It introduces , deliberately and at this most fitting moment , the theme of the Holy Spirit to stress ...
Inhalt
INTRODUCTIONKenneth Muir | 1 |
THEMES AND STRUCTURE IN THE COMEDY OF ERRORS | 11 |
A MIDSUMMERNIGHTS DREAMErnest Schanzer | 32 |
Urheberrecht | |
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