A companion to Shakespeare's works Volume 3 The Comedies

This four-volume Companion to Shakespeare's Works, compiled as a single entity, offers a uniquely comprehensive snapshot of current Shakespeare criticism. Brings together new essays from a mixture of younger and more established scholars from around the world - Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Examines each of Shakespeare's plays and major poems, using all the resources of contemporary criticism, from performance studies to feminist, historicist, and textual analysis. Volumes are organized in relation to generic categories: namely the histories, the tragedies, the romantic comedies, and the late plays, problem plays and poems. Each volume contains individual essays on all texts in the relevant category, as well as more general essays looking at critical issues and approaches more widely relevant to the genre. Offers a provocative roadmap to Shakespeare studies at the dawning of the twenty-first century. This companion to Shakespeare's comedies contains original essays on every comedy from The Two Gentlemen of Verona to Twelfth Night as well as twelve additional articles on such topics as the humoral body in Shakespearean comedy, Shakespeare's comedies on film, Shakespeare's relation to other comic writers of his time, Shakespeare's cross-dressing comedies, and the geographies of Shakespearean comedy.

this Four-volume companion To Shakespeare's Works, Compiled As A Single Entity, Offers A Uniquely Comprehensive Snapshot Of Current Shakespeare Criticism.

• brings Together New Essays From A Mixture Of Younger And More Established Scholars From Around The World - Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, The United Kingdom, And The United States.
  
• examines Each Of Shakespeare’s Plays And Major Poems, Using All The Resources Of Contemporary Criticism, From Performance Studies To Feminist, Historicist, And Textual Analysis.
  
• volumes Are Organized In Relation To Generic Categories: Namely The Histories, The Tragedies, The Romantic Comedies, And The Late Plays, Problem Plays And Poems.
  
• each Volume Contains Individual Essays On All Texts In The Relevant Category, As Well As More General Essays Looking At Critical Issues And Approaches More Widely Relevant To The Genre.
  
• offers A Provocative Roadmap To Shakespeare Studies At The Dawning Of The Twenty-first Century.

this Companion To Shakespeare’s Comedies Contains Original Essays On Every Comedy From the Two Gentlemen Of Verona To twelfth Night As Well As Twelve Additional Articles On Such Topics As The Humoral Body In Shakespearean Comedy, Shakespeare’s Comedies On Film, Shakespeare’s Relation To Other Comic Writers Of His Time, Shakespeare’s Cross-dressing Comedies, And The Geographies Of Shakespearean Comedy.

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compiled By Dutton (english, Ohio State Univ.; Editor, Palgrave Literary Lives Series) And Howard (english, Columbia Univ.; Editor, The Norton Shakespeare), This Four-volume Set Offers A Comprehensive View Of Current Shakespeare Criticism, Concentrating On Ongoing Critical Research On Shakespeare's Works. It Is Meant To Complement The Publisher's Companion To Shakespeare, Which Focuses On Shakespeare As An Author. The Essays Are Organized Generically And Represent A Diversity Of Approaches, Including Historicist, Derridaen, Marxist, Performance-oriented, Feminist, And Textual/editorial. A Variety Of Organizing Rubrics Such As Race, Class, Gender, Reader Response, Political Theory, And Religion Are Also Presented. The Resulting Multifaceted Work Provides A Stimulating Matrix For Future Critical Research. Vol. 1: The Tragedies Contains An Essay On Each Tragedy And 13 Additional Essays On Topics Such As The Roman Tragedies, Film Versions Of The Tragedies, And The Tragic Hero. Vol. 2: The Histories Contains An Essay On Each History Play And 14 Additional Essays On Topics Such As Riot And Rebellion, Censorship In The Histories, And Shakespeare's Portrayal Of Men And Women. Vol. 3: The Comedies Contains One Essay Each On Most Of The Comedies And 12 Essays Discussing Subjects Such As Shakespeare's Use Of English Stage Comedy Traditions, Social Relationships In Comic Households, And Cross-dressing. Vol. 4: The Poems, Problem Comedies, Late Plays Contains Essays On Troilus And Cressida, Measure For Measure, All's Well That Ends Well, Venus And Adonis, The Rape Of Lucrece, Pericles, The Winter's Tale, Cymbeline, The Tempest, Henry Viii, The Two Noble Kinsmen, And The Sonnets, And Another 11 Essays On Topics Such As Place And Space In The Late Plays, Generic Classification Of The Late Plays, And Scatology And Satire. Each Essay Is Enriched With Notes And Ample Bibliographies, And Indexes Are Provided For Each Volume. The Intended Audience Of Scholars And Graduate Students Will Be Well Served By This Work.-shana C. Fair, Ohio Univ., Zanesville Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture 5 Contents 7 Notes on Contributors 9 Introduction 13 1 Shakespeare and the Traditions of English Stage Comedy 16 2 Shakespeare’s Festive Comedies 35 3 The Humor of It: Bodies, Fluids, and Social Discipline in Shakespearean Comedy 59 4 Class X: Shakespeare, Class, and the Comedies 79 5 The Social Relations of Shakespeare’s Comic Households 102 6 Shakespeare’s Crossdressing Comedies 126 7 The Homoerotics of Shakespeare’s Elizabethan Comedies 149 8 Shakespearean Comedy and Material Life 171 9 Shakespeare’s Comic Geographies 194 10 Rhetoric and Comic Personation in Shakespeare’s Comedies 212 11 Fat Knight, or What You Will: Unimitable Falstaff 235 12 Wooing and Winning (Or Not): Film/Shakespeare/Comedy and the Syntax of Genre 255 13 The Two Gentlemen of Verona 278 14 “Fie, what a foolish duty call you this?” The Taming of the Shrew, Women’s Jest, and the Divided Audience 301 15 The Comedy of Errors and The Calumny of Apelles: An Exercise in Source Study 319 16 Love’s Labour’s Lost 332 17 A Midsummer Night’s Dream 350 18 Rubbing at Whitewash: Intolerance in The Merchant of Venice 370 19 The Merry Wives of Windsor: Unhusbanding Desires in Windsor 388 20 Much Ado About Nothing 405 21 As You Like It 423 22 Twelfth Night: “The Babbling Gossip of the Air” 441 Index 459 Contains Original Essays On Every Shakespearean Tragedy From Titus Andronicus To Coriolanus. Includes Thirteen Additional Essays On Such Topics As Shakespeare's Roman Tragedies, Shakespeare's Tragedies On Film, Shakespeare's Tragedies Of Love, Hamlet In Performance, And Tragic Emotion In Shakespeare. V. 1. The Tragedies -- V. 2. The Histories -- V. 3. The Comedies -- V. 4. Poems, Problem Comedies, Late Plays. Edited By Richard Dutton And Jean E. Howard. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. This Companion to Shakespeare's comedies contains original essays on every comedy from The Two Gentlemen of Verona to Twelfth Night. In addition, the volume features twelve essays on such topics as the humoral body in Shakespearean comedy, Shakespeare's comedies on film, Shakespeare's relation to other comic writers of his time, Shakespeare's cross-dressing comedies, and the geographies of Shakespearean comedy. This text on Shakespeare's histories contains essays on every history play, as well as 14 additional articles on such topics as censorship in Shakespeare's histories, the relation of Shakespeare's plays to other dramatic histories of the period and Shakespeare's histories on film Here Shakespeare signals his awareness, in a relatively early play, written in 1594-5, of a conscious departure from existing stage tradition.