Shakespeare and the Ends of ComedyIndiana University Press, 1991 - 158 頁 "This is a congenial, lucidly written work, the product of careful thought and attention to performance." --Shakespeare Bulletin "... Jensen has done a service by reminding readers of the variety and richness of the comedy and comic devices in Shakespeare's plays." --Choice "The ear that Jensen brings to the plays themselves results in close readings that are always insightful and stimulate new questions." --English Language Notes "Here is a genuinely readable and enjoyable book... humane, balanced, unpolemical, good humored, and fundamentally sane." --Charles R. Forker "... Jensen has produced a sensitive and eminently readable book that will no doubt figure prominently in future attempts to understand Shakespeare's comic practice." --Shakespeare Yearbook Jensen questions a persistent critical emphasis that finds the meanings of Shakespeare's comedies in their endings. Analyzing The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado about Nothing, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, and Measure for Measure, he shows how much vitality is sacrificed when critics assume that "the end crowns the work." |
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... action " in Much Ado is to be discovered in the story of Hero and Claudio - that permits him to assign Beatrice a subordinate position along with Don Pedro's laconic , villainous bastard brother , a most improbable companion for Lady ...
... action barely emerges here , for the scene closes with Don Pedro's assuring Claudio that he will both court Hero on his behalf and represent his case to her father , and his asserting , in a spirit of energetic good fellowship , " the ...
... action , the dialogue of Rosalind and Celia has to carry itself . In some productions it is also asked to convey thematic import in a way that stultifies its charm , and Fortune and Nature as pastoral themes become burdens too heavy for ...