Comic Transformations in ShakespeareFirst published in 1980. In this study of Shakespeare's ten early comedies, from The Comedy of Errors to Twelfth Night, the concept of a dynamic of comic form is developed; the Falstaff plays are seen as a watershed, and the emergence of new comic protagonists - the resourceful, anti-romantic romantic heroine and the Fool - as the summit of the achievement. The plays are explored from three complementary perspectives - theoretical, developmental and interpretative which lead to a further understanding of the powerful relation between the plays' formal complexity and their naturalistic verisimilitude. |
Contents
Shakespeares New Comedy | 1 |
My glass and not my brother | 22 |
Kate of Kate Hall | 37 |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | 53 |
Navarres world of words | 69 |
Fancys images | 96 |
Jessicas monkey or The Goodwins | 115 |
The case of Falstaff and the Merry Wives | 142 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Comic Transformations in Shakespeare Routledge library editions Volume 5 of Routledge library editions: Shakespeare |
| Author | Ruth Nevo |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Psychology Press, 2004 |
| ISBN | 0415352703, 9780415352703 |
| Length | 242 pages |
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