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252 pages ; 22 cm "The comedies of Shakespeare have received substantially less critical attention than the tragedies or the histories. Dr. Brown's account of the comedies succeeds in isolating the distinctive genre as well as acknowledging the capriciousness and astonishing vitality of invention which Shakespeare brought to it."--Back cover Includes bibliographical references I. The Implicit Judgement -- II. Experiments in Comedy -- III. Love's Wealth and the Judgement of The Merchant of Venice -- IV. Love's Truth and the Judgements of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Much Ado About Nothing -- V. Love's Order and the Judgement of As You Like It -- VI. Twelfth Night or What You Will -- VII. Love's Ordeal and the Judgements of All's Well that Ends Well, Measure for measure, and Troilus and Cressida -- VIII. The Criticism of Shakespeare's early and mature Comedies IX. The Life of the last Comedies
- Author
- John Russell Brown
- Publisher
- Methuen; Methuen & Co
- Published
- 1968
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780416596908
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Humanities
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