The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Comedy
This introduction examines the continuity and variety of Shakepeare's work and the creative use he made of his inherited conventions. The first section places Shakespeare in the context of classical and Renaissance comedy, his Elizabethan predecessors and the traditions of popular festivity. The second section traces themes through Shakespeare's early and middle comedies, dark comedies and late romances, illuminating particular plays by close analysis,
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An accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's comedies, dark comedies and romances.
Notes on contributorsPrefaceChronology1Theories of comedy32Roman comedy183Italian stories on the stage324Elizabethan comedy475Popular festivity646Forms of confusion817Love and courtship1028Laughing at others1239Comedy and sex13910Language and comedy15611Sexual disguise and the theatre of gender17912Matters of state19813The experiment of romance215Select bibliography230Index234
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