| Description |
xviii, 237 p. ; 24 cm |
| Format |
Book |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature
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Cambridge companions to literature
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| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-233) and index |
| Contents |
pt. 1: Shakespeare and comic tradition -- Theories of comedy / David Galbraith -- Roman comedy / Robert S. Miola -- Italian stories on the stage / Louise George Clubb -- Elizabethan comedy / Janette Dillon -- Popular festivity / François Laroque -- pt. 2: Shakespearean comedy -- Forms of confusion / John Creaser -- Love and courtship / Catherine Bates -- Laughing at "others" / Edward Berry -- Comedy and sex / Alexander Leggatt -- Language and comedy / Lynne Magnusson -- Sexual disguise and the theatre of gender / Barbara Hodgdon -- Matters of state / Anthony Miller -- The experiment of romance / Michael O'Connell |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Comedies -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Comedy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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| Alt Author |
Leggatt, Alexander
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| Add Title |
Shakespearean comedy |
| ISBN |
0521770440 (hardback) |
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0521779421 (pbk.) |
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