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.