The Metamorphoses of Shakespearean Comedy

Hardcover

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ISBN:
Published:
Apr 19, 2016
1985
Pages:
304
Size:
6 x 9 in.

This book argues that the idea of metamorphosis is central to both the theory and practice of Shakespearean comedy. It offers a synthesis of several major themes of Shakespearean comedy—identity, change, desire, marriage, and comic form—under the master trope of transformation.

Originally published in 1985.

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