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Mangan, Michael, 1953-

A preface to Shakespeare's comedies, 1594-1603 / Michael Mangan. - London ; New York : Pearson Education, 1996. - viii, 300 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Preface books .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-288) and index.

Contexts of comedy. Laughter and Elizabethan society ; Fools, clowns and jesters ; An audience for comedy ; Twentieth-century reading of comedy -- Critical analysis. Shakespeare's early comedies ; A midsummer night's dream ; Much ado about nothing ; As you like it ; Twelfth night.

9780582095908 9780582094994 0582095905 (pbk.) 0582094992


Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Comedies.


Comedy

822.33 / M277

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