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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankTheCambridgeIntroductiontoShakespeare’sComediesWhydidtheatreaudienceslaughinShakespeare’sdayandwhydotheystilllaughnow?WhatdidShakespearedowiththeconventionsofcomedythatheinherited,sothathisplayscontinuetoamuseandmoveaudiences?Whatdohiscomedieshavetosa
2、yaboutlove,sex,gender,power,family,community,andclass?Whatplacehavepain,cruelty,andevendeathinacomedy?Whyallthosepuns?InasurveythattravelsfromShakespeare’searliestexperimentsinfarceandcourtlylove-storiestothegreatromanticcomediesofhismiddleyearsandthemould-breakingexperimentsofhis
3、lastdecade’swork,thisbookaddressesthesevitalquestions.Organisedthematically,andcoveringallShakespeare’scomediesfromthebeginningtotheendofhiscareer,itprovidesreaderswithamapoftheplaywright’scomicstyles,showinghowhebuiltoncomedicconventionsashefurtherenrichedthepossibilitiesofthegen
4、re.pennygayisProfessorofEnglishandDramaattheUniversityofSydney.CambridgeIntroductionstoLiteratureThisseriesisdesignedtointroducestudentstokeytopicsandauthors.Accessibleandlively,theseintroductionswillalsoappealtoreaderswhowanttobroadentheirunderstandingofthebooksandauthorstheyenjo
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