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Shakespeare: The Comedies (Analysing Texts)

Shakespeare: The Comedies (Analysing Texts)

by R.P.Draper (Author), R. P. Draper (Author)

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    Paperback 1999

    $33.37
Synopsis

Shakespeare's comedies combine charm and wit with probing intelligence. Through detailed analysis of passages from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It and Twelfth Night this book explores the satire and sympathy, the linguistic variety, and the dramatic skill which make Shakespearean comedy both entertaining and profound. Part II suggests connections with the rest of Shakespeare's work, and concludes with a survey of comic theory and criticism devoted to the comedies.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 280
 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 02 Dec 1999
ISBN 10: 033373968X
ISBN 13: 9780333739686
Book Overview: 'Dwelling almost wholly within the text, this well-organised and appealingly written book will be most useful to relative beginners in Shakespeare who need to be alerted to the texture and rhythm of language and event in the plays.' - Claire Preston, Times Higher Education Supplement

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'Dwelling almost wholly within the text, this well-organised and appealingly written book will be most useful to relative beginners in Shakespeare who need to be alerted to the texture and rhythm of language and event in the plays.' - Claire Preston, Times Higher Education Supplement
Author Bio
R. P. DRAPER is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Aberdeen and has published widely in the fields of Shakespeare and modern literature and, in particular, on D.H. Lawrence and Thomas Hardy. His most recent publication is An Introduction to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English, also published by Macmillan.