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The Metamorphoses of Shakespearean Comedy /
This book argues that the idea of metamorphosis is central to both the theory and practice of Shakespearean comedy. It offers a synthesis of several major themes of Shakespearean comedy--identity, change, desire, marriage, and comic form--under the master trope of transformation.Originally published...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2014]
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| Edición: | Course Book |
| Colección: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
19 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Part One. Introduction
- Preface
- Chapter One. Metamorphosis
- Chapter Two. The Taming of the Shrew and Marriage
- Part Two. St Doubling and Mimesis
- Chapter Three. To Be and Not to Be: The Comedy of Errors and Twelfth Night
- Chapter Four. "Forget to Be a Woman"
- Part Three. Comic Monsters
- Chapter Five. A Midsummer Night's Dream.· Monsters and Marriage
- Chapter Six. Falstaff and Ford: Forming and Reforming
- Part Four. Magic
- Chapter Seven. The Changes of Romance
- Appendix
- Notes
- Index