Shakespeare: The Dark Comedies to the Last Plays: from Satire to Celebration

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Psychology Press, 2005 - 200 páginas

First published in 1971.

This volume explains and analyses the last plays of Shakespeare as dramatic structures. Beginning from the dark comedies, the author describes the ways in which Shakespeare was affected by the new techniques and possibilities for drama opened up by the innovations of the years after 1600, notably by the rise in children's companies. The main line of development of Shakespeare's dramatic skills is shown as leading from the dark comedies, through the late tragedies, to the last plays. A major part of the book is devoted to analyses of Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest and King Henry VIII.

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Shakespeare and satirical comedy
7
ii Measure for Measure
17
iii Jonson Marston and satire
31
iv Troilus and Cressida
43
Shakespeare and satirical tragedy
63
Shakespeares last plays
130
A note on King Henry VIII
184
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R A Foakes

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