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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... things doth deny it . " That axiom of Bacon's may be applied not merely to The Merchant of Venice as a whole , but to Shakespeare's work upon the story . If we try to make the play as a whole consistent with the points in which ...
... things doth deny it . " That axiom of Bacon's may be applied not merely to The Merchant of Venice as a whole , but to Shakespeare's work upon the story . If we try to make the play as a whole consistent with the points in which ...
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... things like the truth . For the fable and fiction is , as it were , the form and soul of any poetical work or poem . In a later note , " the very fiction itself , " he says , is " the reason or form of the work ” ( cxxx ) . " Reason ...
... things like the truth . For the fable and fiction is , as it were , the form and soul of any poetical work or poem . In a later note , " the very fiction itself , " he says , is " the reason or form of the work ” ( cxxx ) . " Reason ...
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... things to all men , to perform the part which is required at the moment . Touchstone sustains many different roles . After hearing Silvius's lament and Rosalind's echo of it , he becomes the maudlin lover of Jane Smile ; with the simple ...
... things to all men , to perform the part which is required at the moment . Touchstone sustains many different roles . After hearing Silvius's lament and Rosalind's echo of it , he becomes the maudlin lover of Jane Smile ; with the simple ...
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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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