Shakespeare's comedies

Author(s)

• Waller, Gary F. (Gary Fredric)

Bibliographic Information

Shakespeare's comedies

edited and introduced by Gary Waller

（Longman critical readers）

Longman, 1991

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 215-220

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780582059269

Description

Brings together twelve of the most significant essays on

Table of Contents

1. "The Comedy of Errors" - a different kind of comedy, .W. Thomas MacCary 2. Renaissance family politics and Shakespeare's "Shrew", Karen Newman 3. Sport by sport o'erthrown - "Love's Labour's Lost" and the politics of play, Louis A.Montrose 4. Hermia's dream, Norman B.Holland 5. The story of the night told over - D.W.Winnicott's theory of play and "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Helen Golding 6. Broken nuptials in Shakespeare's comedies, Carol Thomas Neely 7. Ideology and class consciousness in "The Merchant of Venice", Frank Whigham 8. The cuckoo's mate - male friendship and cuckoldry in "The Merchant of Venice", Coppelia Kahn 9. Sexual politics and the social structure in "As You Like It", Peter B.Ericson 10. Comedy, orality and duplicity - "Twelfth Night", Terence Hawkes 11. Subjectivity, desire and female friendship in "All's Well That Ends Well", Carolyn Asp 12. Transgression and surveillance in "Measure for Measure", Jonathan Dollimore

Volume

ISBN 9780582059276

Description

This series takes account of contemporary literary theory, providing collections of key modern readings of major authors, genres and critical approaches. The third volume in the series, gathers together twelve significant essays on Shakespeare's Comedies written since the late 1970s. It also contains a substantial introduction by the author which explores the ways in which recent literary and cultural theory has changed our ways of reading and responding to plays.

Table of Contents

• "The Comedy of Errors" - a different kind of comedy, W.Thomas MacCary
• Renaissance family politics and Shakespeare's "Shrew", Karen Newman
• sport by sport o'erthrown - "Love's Labour's Lost" and the politics of play, Louis A.Montrose
• Hermia's dream, Norman B.Holland
• the story of the night told over - D.W.Winnicott's theory of play and "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Helen Golding
• broken nuptials in Shakespeare's comedies, Carol Thomas Neely
• ideology and class consciousness in "The Merchant of Venice", Frank Whigham
• the cuckoo's mate - male friendship and cuckoldry in "The Merchant of Venice", Coppelia Kahn
• sexual politics and the social structure in "As You Like It", Peter B.Ericson
• comedy, orality and duplicity - "Twelfth Night", Terence Hawkes
• subjectivity, desire and female friendship in "All's Well That Ends Well", Carolyn Asp
• transgression and surveillance in "Measure for Measure", Jonathan Dollimore.

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Details

• NCID: BA1307210X
• ISBN:
  • 0582059275
  • 0582059267
• LCCN: 90020546
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 224 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR2981
  • DC20 : 822.3/3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Comedies
  • LCSH : Comedy
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA12450358