Comic Characters Of Shakespeare

This vintage book contains a fascinating treatise on the comic characters of Shakespeare's plays. With textual analysis and an exploration of the concept of comedy, this is a volume that will appeal to fans of Shakespeare's work and one that will be of considerable utility to students of literature. Contents include: "e;William Shakespeare"e;, "e;Introduction"e;, "e;Touchstone"e;, "e;Shylock"e;, "e;Bottom"e;, "e;Beatrice and Benedick"e;, "e;Love's Labour's Lost"e;, "e;As You Like It"e;, "e;The Merchant of Venice"e;, "e;A Midsummer Night's Dream"e;, and "e;Much Ado About Nothing"e;. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of Shakespeare. This book was first published in 1956.