The Cambridge introduction to Shakespeare's comedies /

Why did theatre audiences laugh in Shakespeare's day? Why do they still laugh now? What did Shakespeare do with the conventions of comedy that he inherited, so that his plays continue to amuse and move audiences? What do his comedies have to say about love, sex, gender, power, family, community...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Gay, Penny, 1945-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Series:Cambridge introductions to literature.
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