Shakespearian ComedyMalcolm Bradbury, David Palmer |
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Page 120
... comic spirit of mirth and merriment . There is little playful laughter and not much wit , until they break out in the conclusion . Instead the prevailing tone is serious , and this current of feeling is modulated from Antonio's sadness ...
... comic spirit of mirth and merriment . There is little playful laughter and not much wit , until they break out in the conclusion . Instead the prevailing tone is serious , and this current of feeling is modulated from Antonio's sadness ...
Page 153
... comic dream . Love's Labour's Lost , The Two Gentlemen of Verona , The Taming of the Shrew , The Comedy of Errors , A Midsummer Night's Dream are territories of delight which Shakespeare , no doubt , inhabited with wise joy . The ...
... comic dream . Love's Labour's Lost , The Two Gentlemen of Verona , The Taming of the Shrew , The Comedy of Errors , A Midsummer Night's Dream are territories of delight which Shakespeare , no doubt , inhabited with wise joy . The ...
Page 171
... comic society about to leave Arden . Like a ship which has suddenly jettisoned its ballast , the play no longer rides quite evenly in the waves . Jaques ' departure does more than simply imply that ' there is a world elsewhere ' . It ...
... comic society about to leave Arden . Like a ship which has suddenly jettisoned its ballast , the play no longer rides quite evenly in the waves . Jaques ' departure does more than simply imply that ' there is a world elsewhere ' . It ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Constancy | 31 |
Shakespeare Without Sources STANLEY WELLS | 58 |
Copyright | |
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Literature, Travel, and Colonial Writing in the English Renaissance, 1545-1625 Andrew Hadfield No preview available - 2007 |