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Shakespeare's Later Comedies: An Anthology of Modern Criticism (Penguin Shakespeare Library)

D.J. Palmer

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Description:This anthology of criticism has been compiled by D.J. Palmer as a companion to Shakespeare's Tragedies and Shakespeare's Comedies, both edited in the Penguin Shakespeare Library by Laurence Lerner. It contains some of the most perceptive and best-informed writing (mainly of this century) about six plays often grouped together, two of them as 'problem comedies', the others as 'romances' or 'last plays'. But the diversity of these plays is seen to be as important as their similarities. The critics range from Coleridge and Pater to Northrop Frye, A.P. Rossiter, and M.C. Bradbrook.Part One includes essays on All's Well That Ends Well and Measure for Measure. The opening section of Part Two offers essays by G.E. Bentley, Allardyce Nicoll, and Stanley Wells on the “last plays” seen in their theatrical and dramatic context, and in relation to Shakespeare's own development. this is followed by a representative selection of essays on Pericles, Cymbeline, The winter's Tale, and The Tempest.The cover shows a detail from “St. Mark rescues the Saracen by Tintoretto, in the Gallery of the Academy, Venice (Bisonte).We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shakespeare's Later Comedies: An Anthology of Modern Criticism (Penguin Shakespeare Library). To get started finding Shakespeare's Later Comedies: An Anthology of Modern Criticism (Penguin Shakespeare Library), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Penguin Books

Release: 1971

ISBN: 0140530177

Description: This anthology of criticism has been compiled by D.J. Palmer as a companion to Shakespeare's Tragedies and Shakespeare's Comedies, both edited in the Penguin Shakespeare Library by Laurence Lerner. It contains some of the most perceptive and best-informed writing (mainly of this century) about six plays often grouped together, two of them as 'problem comedies', the others as 'romances' or 'last plays'. But the diversity of these plays is seen to be as important as their similarities. The critics range from Coleridge and Pater to Northrop Frye, A.P. Rossiter, and M.C. Bradbrook.Part One includes essays on All's Well That Ends Well and Measure for Measure. The opening section of Part Two offers essays by G.E. Bentley, Allardyce Nicoll, and Stanley Wells on the “last plays” seen in their theatrical and dramatic context, and in relation to Shakespeare's own development. this is followed by a representative selection of essays on Pericles, Cymbeline, The winter's Tale, and The Tempest.The cover shows a detail from “St. Mark rescues the Saracen by Tintoretto, in the Gallery of the Academy, Venice (Bisonte).We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shakespeare's Later Comedies: An Anthology of Modern Criticism (Penguin Shakespeare Library). To get started finding Shakespeare's Later Comedies: An Anthology of Modern Criticism (Penguin Shakespeare Library), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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