The Comic Matrix of Shakespeare's Tragedies : : Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear / / Susan Snyder.

Comic elements in Shakespeare's tragedies have often been noted, but while most critics have tended to concentrate on humorous interludes or on a single play, Susan Snyder seeks a more comprehensive understanding of how Shakespeare used the conventions, structures, and assumptions of comedy in...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 5339
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Physical Description:1 online resource (400 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. A World Elsewhere
  • 2. Beyond Comedy: Romeo and Juliet and Othello
  • 3. The Tragedy of Multiplicity: Hamlet
  • 4. Between the Divine and the Absurd: King Lear
  • Index