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Informationen zum Autor E.M.W Tillyard (sometime Master of Jesus College, Cambridge) is renowed for his many works on Shakespeare and Milton. He is credited with having put forward the theory that Elizabethan literature is not representative of a brief period of humanism between two outbreaks of protestantism, but rather representative of a theological bond in England that allowed for a continuation of the Medieval view of World Order. Klappentext Of all that has been written recently on Shakespearean comedy much is cross-sectional; much has pursued themes, patterns, images and son on, recurring throughout the sequence of plays. Less has been written about he plays themselves. There are of course the introductions to new editions; and there have been articles on this or that play: but any books surveying the whole sequence of the comedies have done so with some one special matter in mind. Thus, there may be room for a book like this; one that deals with the comedies primarily as plays, as separate entities. But such treatments need not exclude comment on the background and on how one play is linked with another; and I shall not avoid these matters.> Zusammenfassung Of all that has been written recently on Shakespearean comedy much is cross-sectional; much has pursued themes, patterns, images and son on, recurring throughout the sequence of plays. Less has been written about he plays themselves. There are of course the introductions to new editions; and there have been articles on this or that play: but any books surveying the whole sequence of the comedies have done so with some one special matter in mind. Thus, there may be room for a book like this; one that deals with the comedies primarily as plays, as separate entities. But such treatments need not exclude comment on the background and on how one play is linked with another; and I shall not avoid these matters. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editor's Preface Foreward THE BACKGROUND Introduction The Critical Background The Narrative Background The Dramatic Background The Anthropological Background THE RANGE OF SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY The Literary Kinds The Nature of Comedy Romance THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Its Originals Rhetoric The Romantic Framework The Comic Element The Farcical Core THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Initial Difficulties Comedy or Farce? The Bianca Plot Appearance and Reality Romance Comedy THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA The Central Flaw The Love Theme The Principle of the Corrective Anticipations Conclusion LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST Initial Discouragement The Mocking of the Male Adolescence The Feast of Words The Characters The Overriding Theme The End THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Presuppositions: Advisable and Inadvisable Shylock Bassanio and Antonio The Total Effect The Fifth Act Appendix ...
