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The Metamorphoses of Shakespearean Comedy
By (Author) William C. Carroll
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
23rd September 2014
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800
822.33
Paperback
304
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
425g
This book argues that the idea of metamorphosis is central to both the theory and practice of Shakespearean comedy. It offers a synthesis of several major themes of Shakespearean comedy--identity, change, desire, marriage, and comic form--under the master trope of transformation. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the