Shakespearian Comedy [Hardcover]

First published in 1938.

This is a survey of Shakepeare's comedies which illustrates the playwright's increasing grasp on the art and idea of comedy.

Themes, characters and plays covered include: Romanticism in Shakespearian comedy; Shakespeare's Jew, Falstaff, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Dark Comedies.This is a survey of Shakepeare's comedies which illustrates the playwright's increasing grasp on the art and idea of comedy.Chapter I I Preliminary; Chapter II II Romanticism in Shakespearian Comedy; Chapter III III The Recoil from Romanticism; Chapter IV IV The Taming of the Shrew; Chapter V V A Midsummer Night's Dream; Chapter VI VI Shakespeare's Jew; Chapter VII VII Falstaff; Chapter VIII VIII The Dark Comedies; Chapter IX IX The Consummation;US? 2005 Routledge