Twelfth Night and Shakespearian Comedy / Clifford Leech, John Margeson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leech, Clifford, Editor.

Margeson, John, Editor.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Comedies.

Shakespeare, William.

Humorous plays.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 88 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Professor Leech examines the changing nature of Shakespeare's comic art, from its early forms, where delight predominates, to later developments, where elements of the playwright's tragic vision intrude to prevent the effect from bein g wholly comic.

Contents:

Cover; PREFACE; 1 THE BEGINNINGS; Notes to Lecture 1; 2 TWELFTH NIGHT, OR WHAT DELIGHTS YOU; Notes to Lecture 2; 3 COHERENCE REGAINED; Notes to Lecture 3

Notes:

"Reprinted in 2018"--Title page verso.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 05. Mai 2020)

ISBN:

1-4875-7628-5

OCLC:

1153506503