Shakespeare's comedy of love

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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 in The Merchant of Venice are seen to have a quite different significance from those in As You Like It.

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Full title :Shakespeare's comedy of love / Alexander Leggatt.

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Publication Date:2005.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2005.

Notes

Originally published: London: Methuen, 1974.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (296 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781136556494, 1136556494, 9781315018225, 1315018225
oclc:ocn861199714
LC Classification:PR2981
Dewey Decimal:822.3/3

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.