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Lovers, Clowns, and Fairies
- An Essay on Comedies
Engelsk Paperback
Lovers, Clowns, and Fairies
- An Essay on Comedies
Engelsk Paperback

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Through dreams and shadows and strangeness, through blinding charms and eye-opening counter-charms, through moments of mortification and laughter—thus Stuart M. Tave traces the journey of the lovers, clowns, and fairies who populate comedies from A Midsummer Night's Dream to Waiting for Godot. Tave avoids the pitfalls of theory, taking instead a close look at particular works to give us a sense of the relations between certain dramas and novels that are called comedies. The result is a wonderfully readable book that renews our delight in the enchanting possibilities of literature. A Midsummer Night's Dream, in its "perfection," is Tave's point of departure. Its characters fall neatly into the three groups of Tave's title and fulfill to perfection their functions of desire, foolishness, and power. From the magical concord of Shakespeare's resolution, Tave moves to works whose character face ever greater difficulties in reaching a happy conclusion. From Jonson and Austen to Chekhov and Beckett, he meets comedies on their own terms, illuminating the complex and individual genius of each. A masterpiece of practical criticism, Lovers, Clowns, and Fairies rediscovers the pleasure of reading comedies.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
290
ISBN-13:
9780226790206
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0226790207
Udg. Dato:
15 jun 1993
Længde:
2mm
Bredde:
14mm
Højde:
22mm
Forlag:
The University of Chicago Press
Oplagsdato:
15 jun 1993
Forfatter(e):
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