Shakespeare's Comedy of Love
by Alexander Leggatt
2020-07-24 21:53:09
Shakespeare's Comedy of Love
by Alexander Leggatt
2020-07-24 21:53:09
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 ea...
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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 inThe Merchant of Veniceare seen to have a quite different significance from those inAs You Like It.
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