Overview

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

Includes: William Shakespeare, Introduction, Touchstone, Shylock, Bottom, Beatrice and Benedick, Love's Labour's Lost, As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Much Ado About Nothing.

Additional Information

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.