| Description |
119 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Bloom's major dramatists |
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Bloom's major dramatists.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 116-118) and index. |
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"Works by William Shakespeare": pages 113-115. |
| Contents |
Biography of William Shakespeare -- Plot summary of The taming of the Shrew -- List of characters in The taming of the Shrew -- Critical views on The taming of the Shrew: -- August Wilhelm Schlegel on new life and the prelude -- G. Wilson Knight on the Shakespearean tempest -- Maynard Mack on engagement and detachment -- Ruth Nevo on comic transformation -- Joel Fineman on the turn of the Shrew -- Plot summary of A midsummer night's dream -- List of characters in A midsummer night's dream -- Critical views on A midsummer night's dream: -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge on Helena's betrayal -- G.K. Chesterton on Shakespeare's mysticism of happiness -- G. Wilson Knight on imagery and fairyland -- Northrop Frye on expounding the dream -- E. Talbot Donaldson on Shakespeare reading Chaucer -- Harold Bloom on Bottom's common sense and natural goodness -- Plot summary of The Merchant of Venice -- List of characters in The Merchant of Venice -- Critical views of The Merchant of Venice: -- August Wilhelm Schlegel on Shakespeare's characterization -- William Hazlitt on the masterpiece of Shylock -- Elmer Edgar Stoll on Shylock's penalty -- Sigmund Freud on the theme of the three caskets -- Graham Bradshaw on the preoccupation with appearance -- Dereck Cohen on Shakespeare's anti-semitism -- Harold Bloom on Shylock's forced conversion -- Plot summary of As you like it -- List of characters in As you like it -- Critical views on As you like it: -- Samuel Johnson on Shakespeare's fable -- William Hazlitt on Rosalind and Celia -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge on an un-Shakespearean speech -- George Bernard Shaw on Shakespeare's inaccuracy -- Harold C. Goddard on the Emersonian in Shakespeare -- C.L. Barber on Touchstone's praise of folly -- Harold Bloom on the wit of Rosalind -- Plot summary of Twelfth night -- List of characters in Twelfth night -- Critical views on Twelfth night: -- Samuel Johnson on Orsino's perspective -- William Hazlitt on the romantic and enthusiastic -- Charles Lamb on the character of Malvolio -- Harold C. Goddard on Shakespeare's farewell to comedy -- C.L. Barber on madness and disguise -- Ann Barton on meaning in the names. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Comedies -- Examinations -- Study guides.
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| Added Author |
Bloom, Harold.
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| ISBN |
0791052389 |
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