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." |
搜尋書籍內容
第 1 到 3 筆結果,共 16 筆
... effort to prise out the reasons for Antonio's melan- choly , and he agrees that their impatience with his behavior is understandable : " It wearies me , you say it wearies you " ( 2 ) . They continue their efforts in dialogue that suits ...
... effort to make " wonder seem familiar " is at the center of Shakespeare's design in this play and the key to his ... efforts move in two directions so that the two worlds comple- ment one another , each supplying , as our imagination 60 ...
... effort . But if Touchstone's efforts often fall short or seem superfluous , most of the play's performative actions do not . These performances frequently take the form of what Young calls " comic duets , some , like Jaques ' encounter ...