Shakespeare's Comic Commonwealths

by Camille Wells Slights

Overview

By combining historical scholarship with formal analysis and incorporating insights from social anthropology and feminist theory, Shakespeare's Comic Commonwealths offers new readings of Shakespeare's early comedies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442615045
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	12/15/1993
Series:	Heritage
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Camille Wells Slights is Associate Professor of English at the University of Saskatchewan.

Editorial Reviews

Challenging the traditional view that Shakespeare's early comedies are about the experience of romantic love and constitute a genre called romantic comedy, Slights demonstrates that they dramatize individual action in the context of social dynamics, reflecting and commenting on the culture in which they originated. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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