A Preface to Shakespeare's Comedies

ISBN-13: 9780582095908 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 318 str.

Michael Mangan

Opis

This text sets out the contemporary theories and practices of comedy together with broader theories of comedy and the major themes they contain. An analysis of the major Shakespearan comedies and factual information about the contemporary scene is included here.

Spis treści

List of illustrations.  Prefaratory note and acknowledgements.  Prologue Shakespeare's England- an overview. 
Part One: Contexts of Comedy.  1 Laughter and Elizabethan Society.  2 Fools, clowns and jesters.  3 An audience for comedy.  4 Twentieth century readers of comedy.  Part Two: Critical Analysis.  5 Shakespeare's early comedies 1588-94.  6 A Midsummer Night's Dream c.1595.  7 Much Ado About Nothing 1598-9.  8 As You Like It c. 1599
9 Twelfth Night.  Part Three: Reference Section.  Short Biographies.  Further Reading.  Appendix: The Theatre of Shakespeare's London.  Index

O autorze

Michael Mangan