{"product_id":"shakespeares-comedies-a-guide-to-criticism-blackwell-guides-to-criticism-9780631220121","title":"Shakespeares Comedies A Guide to Criticism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCriticism of Shakespeare's comedies has shifted from stressing their light-hearted qualities to giving a stronger sense of their dark aspects and social resonances. This work introduces key debates under the following headings: genre, history and politics, gender and sexuality, language and performance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"clearly designed to make friendly that enormous and daunting edifice of Shakespeare criticism. [...] extremely helful historical and generic overviews\" \u003ci\u003eTHES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e[and talking about all three books together:]\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Altogether, either as the source of critical thinking or as reference guides and bibliographies, these volumes will prove convenient and interesting as auhtoritatively conducted tours of their domains.\" \u003ci\u003eTHES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Development of Criticism of Shakespeare's Comedies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Genre.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarriage as Comic Closure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFalse Immortality in Measure for Measure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHere Follows Prose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransfer of Title in Love's Labour's Lost.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Gender and Sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHelena's Bed-trick.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Homoerotics of Shakespearian.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComedy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 History and Politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGuess Who's Coming to Dinner?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBottom's Up.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Performance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKate: Interpreting the Silence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs You Like It.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403434041687,"sku":"9780631220121","price":38.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631220121.jpg?v=1730483462","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shakespeares-comedies-a-guide-to-criticism-blackwell-guides-to-criticism-9780631220121","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}