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This book argues that the idea of metamorphosis is central to both the theory and practice of Shakespearean comedy. It offers a synthesis of several major themes of Shakespearean comedy--identity, change, desire, marriage, and comic form--under the master trope of transformation. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the



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*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Preface, pg. 3*Chapter One. Metamorphosis, pg. 7*Chapter Two. The Taming of the Shrew and Marriage, pg. 41*Chapter Three. To Be and Not to Be: The Comedy of Errors and Twelfth Night, pg. 63*Chapter Four. "Forget to Be a Woman", pg. 103*Chapter Five. A Midsummer Night's Dream.* Monsters and Marriage, pg. 141*Chapter Six. Falstaff and Ford: Forming and Reforming, pg. 178*Chapter Seven. The Changes of Romance, pg. 205*Appendix, pg. 245*Notes, pg. 255*Index, pg. 287

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691611662, 978-0691611662
      ISBN10: 0691611661

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This book argues that the idea of metamorphosis is central to both the theory and practice of Shakespearean comedy. It offers a synthesis of several major themes of Shakespearean comedy--identity, change, desire, marriage, and comic form--under the master trope of transformation. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Preface, pg. 3*Chapter One. Metamorphosis, pg. 7*Chapter Two. The Taming of the Shrew and Marriage, pg. 41*Chapter Three. To Be and Not to Be: The Comedy of Errors and Twelfth Night, pg. 63*Chapter Four. "Forget to Be a Woman", pg. 103*Chapter Five. A Midsummer Night's Dream.* Monsters and Marriage, pg. 141*Chapter Six. Falstaff and Ford: Forming and Reforming, pg. 178*Chapter Seven. The Changes of Romance, pg. 205*Appendix, pg. 245*Notes, pg. 255*Index, pg. 287

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