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Shakespeare's Festive Comedy : a Study of Dramatic Form and Its Relation to Social Custom /

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 inwar...

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Main Author: Barber, C. L. (Author)
Format: Book Electronic
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2012.
Edition:New ed. /
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Comedies.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
1500-1599
Manners and customs in literature.
Festivals in literature.
Literature and society > England > History > 16th century.
DRAMA > Shakespeare.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Humorous plays.
Literature and society.
England.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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