Shakespearean melancholy : philosophy, form and the transformation of comedy

Author(s)

• Bernard, J. F.

Bibliographic Information

Shakespearean melancholy : philosophy, form and the transformation of comedy

J.F. Bernard

（Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy）

Edinburgh University Press, c2018

• : hardback

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This richly contextualized study of Shakespeare's comic engagement with sadness contends that the playwright rethinks melancholy through comic theatre and conversely, re-theorizes comedy through melancholy.

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Details

• NCID: BB27604383
• ISBN:
  • 9781474417334
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Edinburgh
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 252 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 822.33
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation
  • LCSH : Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Themes, motives
  • LCSH : Sadness in literature
  • LCSH : Melancholy in literature
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB21954586