| Description |
1 online resource (296 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Routledge library editions. Shakespeare. Comedies ; 3
|
|
Routledge library editions. Shakespeare. Comedies ; 3.
|
| Note |
Originally published: London: Methuen, 1974. |
| Contents |
Cover; Shakespeare's Comedy of Love; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 The Comedy of Errors; 2 The Two Gentlemen of Verona; 3 The Taming of the Shrew; 4 Love's Labour's Lost; 5 A Midsummer Night's Dream; 6 The Merchant of Venice; 7 Much Ado About Nothing; 8 As You Like It; 9 Twelfth Night; 10 Conclusion: beyond Twelfth Night; Index. |
| Summary |
First published in 1987. This study removes some of the critical puzzles that Shakespeare's comedies of love have posed in the past. The author shows that what distinguishes the comedies is not their similarity but their variety - the way in which each play is a new combination of essentially similar ingredients, so that, for example, the boy/girl changes in The Merchant of Venice are seen to have a quite different significance from those in As You Like It. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Comedies.
|
|
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
|
Love in literature.
|
|
Love in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
|
Electronic books.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Leggatt, Alexander. Shakespeare's comedy of love 0415352681 (OCoLC)56759286 |
| ISBN |
9781136556494 (electronic book) |
|
1136556494 (electronic book) |
|
0415352681 |
|
9780415352680 |
|
9781315018225 |
|
1315018225 |
|
