Shakespeare'S Comedies of Play / J. Dennis Huston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huston, J. Dennis, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1981]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Looks at the comedies of Shakespeare featuring; The Comedy of Errors, Love's Labour's Lost, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Much Ado about Nothing.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Comedies of Play

1. Playing with Discontinuity: Mistakings and Mistimings in The Comedy of Errors

2. 'Form Confounded' and the Play of Love's Labour's Lost

3. Enter the Hero: the Power of Play in The Taming of the Shrew

4. Parody and Play in A Midsummer Night's Dream

5. The Evidence of Things not Seen: Making Believe and the Self-defensive Play of Much Ado About Nothing

Concluding Remarks

Notes and References

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89036-2

OCLC:

1100444603