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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... Benedick who will emerge later in the play . But for the moment , and for the sake of his audience's immediate pleasure , Shakespeare gives us a Benedick whose entire function is to fulfill the expectations set up for him at this point ...
... Benedick and Beatrice up to this point and by the exchanges between the previous couples in the dance . The dialogue between Beatrice and Benedick begins as an ongoing conversation . Beatrice presses the question : " Will you not tell ...
... Benedick are vulnerable to " practice " - i.e. , they can be duped - and far more vulnerable than their outward shows would suggest . The spying scenes show them as victims of prac- tice ; the chapel scene allows them to express their ...