Shakespeare : the dark comedies to the last plays : from satire to celebration /

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Author / Creator:	Foakes, R. A.
Imprint:	London : Routledge, 2005.
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 186 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Routledge library editions. Shakespeare. Critical studies ; 16 Routledge library editions. Shakespeare. Critical studies.
Subject:	Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Tragicomedies. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Comedies. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Tragedies. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. Criticism and interpretation. Humorous plays. Electronic books. Tragicomedies
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11303107

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ISBN:	9781136560972 1136560971 9781315018386 1315018381 0415352878 9780415352871
Notes:	Title from PDF title page (viewed on Nov. 5, 2013). Added title page--Originally published: London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1971. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	First published in 1971. This volume explains and analyses the last plays of Shakespeare as dramatic structures. Beginning from the dark comedies, the author describes the ways in which Shakespeare was affected by the new techniques and possibilities for drama opened up by the innovations of the years after 1600, notably by the rise in children's companies. The main line of development of Shakespeare's dramatic skills is shown as leading from the dark comedies, through the late tragedies, to the last plays. A major part of the book is devoted to analyses of Cymbeline, The Winter's.
Other form:	Print version: Foakes, R A. Shakespeare : The Dark Comedies to the Last Plays: from satire to celebration. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2013 9780415352871

Table of Contents:

Cover; Shakespeare; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Shakespeare and satirical comedy; (i) All's Well that Ends Well; (ii) Measure for Measure; (iii) Jonson, Marston and satire; (iv) Troilus and Cressida; 3 Shakespeare and satirical tragedy; (i) Tragedy for boy-actors and tragedy for adult actors: Marston, Jonson, and Tourneur; (ii) Shakespeare, from Hamlet to Coriolanus; 4 Shakespeare's last plays; (i) Introduction; (ii) Cymbeline; (iii) The Winter's Tale; (iv) The Tempest.

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