Shakespeare's great stage of fools
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Shakespeare's great stage of fools
Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
- : hardback
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-178) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This lively, lucid book undertakes a detailed and provocative study of Shakespeare's fascination with clowns, fools, and fooling. Through close reading of plays over the whole course of Shakespeare's theatrical career, Bell highlights the fun, wit, insights, and mysteries of some of Shakespeare's most vibrant and often vexing figures.
Table of Contents
Motley to the View Follies of Identity: A Midsummer Night's Dream The Fool's Two Bodies: "The Henriad" Feigning & Fooling in As You Like It Foolery shines everywhere: Twelfth Night The Fate of Folly: Much Ado About Nothing Scourges of Folly Motley Tales and Strange Bedfellows Unconsidered Trifles: A Fool's Horn Book
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