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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... affection th'one with th'other " ( 2.1.364–67 ) . What is one to make of this curious design ? Having demonstrated how different it is from that of the other comedies , it seems impor- tant to assert that — as design alone — it is not ...
... affection . I did never think to marry . I must not seem proud ; happy are they that can hear their detractions , and can put them to mending . . Shall quips and sentences and these paper bullets of the brain awe a man from the career ...
... affection " at the close of the chapel scene , re - enact their understanding in the comic vein that still serves them for public occasions , thus giving Don Pedro one last opportunity for mockery . But Benedick now has the final word ...