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Description for Shakespeare´s Comedies
Paperback. Criticism of Shakespeare's comedies has shifted from stressing their light-hearted qualities to giving a stronger sense of their dark aspects and social resonances. This work introduces key debates under the following headings: genre, history and politics, gender and sexuality, language and performance. Editor(s): Smith, Emma. Series: Blackwell Guides to Criticism. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484.
This Guide introduces students to critical writing on Shakespeare’s comedies over the last four centuries.
This Guide introduces students to critical writing on Shakespeare’s comedies over the last four centuries.
- Guides students through four centuries of critical writing on Shakespeare’s history plays.
- Covers both significant early views and recent critical interventions.
- Substantial editorial material links the articles and places them in context.
- Annotated suggestions for further reading allow students to investigate further.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Guides to Criticism
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631220121
SKU
V9780631220121
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Smith
Emma Smith is Fellow of Hertford College and Lecturer in English at Oxford University. Her publications include Thomas Kyd: The Spanish Tragedie (ed. 1998) and Shakespeare in Production: Henry V (2000).
Reviews for Shakespeare´s Comedies
"clearly designed to make friendly that enormous and daunting edifice of Shakespeare criticism. [...] extremely helful historical and generic overviews" THES [and talking about all three books together:] "Altogether, either as the source of critical thinking or as reference guides and bibliographies, these volumes will prove convenient and interesting as auhtoritatively conducted tours of their ... Read more