Comic Characters Of Shakespeare

This vintage book contains a fascinating treatise on the comic characters of Shakespeares plays. With textual analysis and an exploration of the concept of comedy, this is a volume that will appeal to fans of Shakespeares work and one that will be of considerable utility to students of literature. Contents include: "William Shakespeare", "Introduction", "Touchstone", "Shylock", "Bottom", "Beatrice and Benedick", "Loves Labours Lost", "As You Like It", "The Merchant of Venice", "A Midsummer Nights Dream", and "Much Ado About Nothing". 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.