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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.
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Social life and customs, Manners and customs in literature, Literature and society, Literary form, Komödie, History and criticism, Humorous plays, Festivals in literature, Manners and customs, English drama (Comedy), Comedies, History, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, comedies, English drama, history and criticism, England, social life and customsPlaces
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Shakespeare's Festive Comedy: a Study of Dramatic Form and Its Relation to Social Custom
2012, Princeton University Press
in English
- New ed. / with a new foreword by Stephen Greenblatt.
1400839858 9781400839858
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Shakespeare's festive comedy: a study of dramatic form and its relation to social custom
1959, World Pub. Co.
in English
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