In this Book
- The Metamorphoses of Shakespearean Comedy
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Princeton University Press
- Series: Princeton Legacy Library
This book argues that the idea of metamorphosis is central to both the theory and practice of Shakespearean comedy. It offers a synthesis of several major themes of Shakespearean comedy--identity, change, desire, marriage, and comic form--under the master trope of transformation.
Originally published in 1985.
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Table of Contents
- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-v
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Part One & Introduction
- Chapter One. Metamorphosis
- pp. 7-40
- Part Two St Doubling and Mimesis
- Chapter Four. "Forget to Be a Woman"
- pp. 103-137
- Part Three Sk Comic Monsters
- Part Four & Magic
- Chapter Seven. The Changes of Romance
- pp. 205-243