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Shakespeare's Comedies Emma Smith (Oxford University)

Shakespeare's Comedies By Emma Smith (Oxford University)

Shakespeare's Comedies by Emma Smith (Oxford University)


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Summary

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.

Shakespeare's Comedies Summary

Shakespeare's Comedies by Emma Smith (Oxford University)

This Guide introduces students to critical writing on Shakespeares comedies over the last four centuries.

  • Guides students through four centuries of critical writing on Shakespeares 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.

Shakespeare's Comedies Reviews

"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 domains." THES

About Emma Smith (Oxford University)

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).

Table of Contents

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

1 The Development of Criticism of Shakespeare's Comedies.

2 Genre.

Marriage as Comic Closure.

False Immortality in Measure for Measure.

3 Language.

Here Follows Prose.

Transfer of Title in Love's Labour's Lost.

4 Gender and Sexuality.

Helena's Bed-trick.

The Homoerotics of Shakespearian.

Comedy.

5 History and Politics.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?.

Bottom's Up.

6 Performance.

Kate: Interpreting the Silence.

As You Like It.

Index

Additional information

GOR004025396
9780631220121
0631220127
Shakespeare's Comedies by Emma Smith (Oxford University)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
2003-08-11
336
N/A
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