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Item Details
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SHAKESPEARE AND CLASSICAL COMEDY
THE INFLUENCE OF PLAUTUS AND TERENCE |
| By: |
Robert S. Miola |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£112.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198182694 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198182696 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 December, 1994 |
| Pages: |
246 |
| Description: |
This book surveys Shakespeare's comedies, charting the influence upon them of the ancient playwrights, Plautus and Terence. Analysing these sources, and placing the comedies in their Renaissance context, as well as in the larger context of European theatre, Robert Miola's thoroughly researched book is enlightening on the theory of comedy, and ranges over a vast amount of European drama from Aristophanes to Beckett and Ionesco, whilst further illuminatingShakespeare's artistry and achievement. |
| Synopsis: |
This book surveys Shakespeare's comedies, charting the influence upon them of the ancient playwrights, Plautus and Terence. Robert Miola analyses these sources, and places the comedies in their Renaissance context, as well as in the larger context of European theatre. Discovering new indebtedness, and discerning new patterns in previously attested borrowings, Shakespeare and Classical Comedy presents an integrated and comprehensive assessment of the complex interactions of the Classical, Shakesparian, and other Renaissance theatres. Robert Miola re-evaluates Plautus and Terence in the light of the Greek antecedents, and gives special attention to Renaissance translations and commentaries, Italian theorists, and playwrights, as well as contemporary dramtist such as Middleton, Joson, Heywood, and Chapman. Four broad catergories organize the discussion - New Comedic errors, intrigue, alazoneia, and romance - and each is illustrated by illuminating readings of individual Shakespearian plays. The author keeps in view Shakespeare's eclecticism, his habit of combining disparate sources and traditions, as well as the rich history of literary criticism and theatrical interpretation.The book concludes by discussing the presence of New Comedy in tragedy, in Hamlet and King Lear. Robert Miola's thoroughly researched book ranges over a vast amount of European drama, from Aristophanes to Beckett and Ionesco. It makes an important contribution to our understanding not only of Shakespeare and of his foremost antecedents, but also of his artistry and achievement. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Clarendon Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Winner of Alpha Sigma Nu's 17th Annual Book Award. |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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