Shakespeare - As You Like It

ISBN-13: 9781137470492 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 182 str.

Dana Aspinall

Opis

This Guide traces the major criticism surrounding 'As You Like It', from the earliest appraisals through to twenty-first-century scholarship. Aspinall explores the key critical works and issues, including 'As You Like It' and the genre of comedy; Shakespeare's adaptation of sources; gender, love and marriage; and interrogations of power.

Spis treści

Introduction.- 1. 1709-1800: “To Breed Me Well”: Determinations of Genre and Character.- 2. 1800-1900: “Dancing Measures”: Arriving at Critical Consensus.- 3. 1906-1972: “A Great Reckoning”.- 4. 1948-1980: “Not for All Markets”.- 5. 1978-Present: “All the World’s a Stage”.- 6. 1980-Present: “To Mutiny Against This Servitude”.- 7. 1965-Present: “If I Were a Woman”.- 8. 1981-Present: “She Phebes me”.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Select Bibliography.- Index.

O autorze

Dana Aspinall is Associate Professor of English at Alma College, USA. He has published widely on Shakespeare's comedies.