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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Comedy (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

paperback – January 21, 2002
by Leggatt, Alexander
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ISBN-13: 9780521779425 ISBN-10: 0521779421
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Binding
paperback
Published
January 21, 2002
Weight
0.9 lbs
Dimensions
22.90×1.50×15.20 cm

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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Comedy (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Leggatt, Alexander. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780521779425.

This introduction examines the continuity and variety of Shakepeares work and the creative use he made of his inherited conventions. The first section places Shakespeare in the context of classical and Renaissance comedy, his Elizabethan predecessors and the traditions of popular festivity. The second section traces themes through Shakespeares early and middle comedies, dark comedies and late romances, illuminating particular plays by close analysis,