Contributor
Swisher, Clarice, 1933-
Imprint:San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, c1997.
Description192 p. ; 23 cm.
Note:"This volume brings together a wide range of scholars and critics. Both American and British authors are represented. Selections cover more than a century of criticism, from Dowden in the 1880s to a 20th-century feminist. MOreover, this volume includes essays by some of the most respected Shakespearean scholars and critics, including Northrop Frye, G.B. Harrison, Caroline F.E. Spurgeon, Helen Gardner, and Harold S. Wilson." -- introd.
Note:Shakespeare's comedies are playful / John Jay Chapman. - Shakespeare's comedies are progressively more masterful / G.B. Harrison. - Shakespeare's comedies show women as equal partners with men / Germaine Greer. - Strong women prevail in Shakespeare's comedies / Angela Pitt. - Shakespeare's comedies combine convention and personal style / George Gordon. - Imagery establishes atmosphere and background in the comedies / Caroline F.E. Spurgeon. - The Comedy of Errors is a farce / Francis Fergusson. - Serious themes in The Comedy of Errors / R.A. Foakes. - The Taming of the Shrew is a farce / Mark Van Doren. - An understanding of Elizabethan medicine enlightens The Taming of the Shrew / John W. Draper. - Shakespeare constructs two interacting worlds in A Midsummer Night's Dream / David Young. - Four worlds merge in A Midsummer Night's Dream / Madeleine Doran. - A Midsummer Night's Dream as entertainment for a wedding / Paul N. Siegel. - As You Like It as romance / Louis B. Wright and Virginia A. LaMar. - As You Like It: a comedy of discovery / Helen Gardner. - Creative devices make Twelfth Night a great comedy / Harold Jenkins. - Morality lessons in Twelfth Night / John Hollander. - Shakespeare's mastery is evident in the last plays / Edward Dowden. - Similarity between Measure for Measure and The Tempest / Harold S. Wilson. - Three themes in The Tempest / Northrop Frye.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-186) and index.
