ISBN: 9780691149523

In this classic work, acclaimed Shakespeare critic C. L. Barber argues that Elizabethan seasonal festivals such as May Day and Twelfth Night are the key to understanding Shakespeare''s co… Altro …

In this classic work, acclaimed Shakespeare critic C. L. Barber argues that Elizabethan seasonal festivals such as May Day and Twelfth Night are the key to understanding Shakespeare''s comedies. Brilliantly interweaving anthropology, social history, and literary criticism, Barber traces the inward journey-psychological, bodily, spiritual-of the comedies: from confusion, raucous laughter, aching desire, and aggression, to harmony. Revealing the interplay between social custom and dramatic form, the book shows how the Elizabethan antithesis between everyday and holiday comes to life in the comedies'' combination of seriousness and levity. ""I have been led into an exploration of the way the social form of Elizabethan holidays contributed to the dramatic form of festive comedy. To relate this drama to holiday has proved to be the most effective way to describe its character. And this historical interplay between social and artistic form has an interest of its own: we can see here, with more clarity of outline and detail than is usually possible, how art develops underlying configurations in the social life of a culture.""-C. L. Barber, in the Introduction This new edition includes a foreword by Stephen Greenblatt, who discusses Barber''s influence on later scholars and the recent critical disagreements that Barber has inspired, showing that Shakespeare''s Festive Comedy is as vital today as when it was originally published. | Shakespeare's Festive Comedy by Cesar Lombardi Barber Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Literary Criticism > Criticism & Theory P10106, Cesar Lombardi Barber<

2011, ISBN: 0691149526

[EAN: 9780691149523], Neubuch, [PU: Princeton University Press], 2011. With a New foreword by Stephen Greenblatt. Paperback. Revealing the interplay between social custom and dramatic for… Altro …

[EAN: 9780691149523], Neubuch, [PU: Princeton University Press], 2011. With a New foreword by Stephen Greenblatt. Paperback. Revealing the interplay between social custom and dramatic form, this book shows how the Elizabethan antithesis between everyday and holiday comes to life in the comedies' combination of seriousness and levity. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland., Books<

ISBN: 9780691149523

Paperback, [PU: Princeton University Press], Revealing the interplay between social custom and dramatic form, this book shows how the Elizabethan antithesis between everyday and holiday c… Altro …

Paperback, [PU: Princeton University Press], Revealing the interplay between social custom and dramatic form, this book shows how the Elizabethan antithesis between everyday and holiday comes to life in the comedies' combination of seriousness and levity., Shakespeare Plays, Literature: History & Criticism, Literary Theory, Literary Studies: General, Literary Studies: C 1500 To C 1800, Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism<

ISBN: 9780691149523

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