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The myth of deliverance : reflections on Shakesperare's problem comedies by Frye, Northrop, 1912-1991 is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The myth of deliverance : reflections on Shakesperare's problem comedies about?
In these essays Northrop Frye addresses a question which preoccupied him throughout his long and distinguished career - the conception of comedy, particularly Shakespearean comedy, and its relation to human experience. <p>In most forms of comedy, and certainly in the New Comedy with which Shakespeare was concerned, the emphasis is on moving towards a climax in which the end incorporates the beginning. Such a climax is a vision of deliverance or expanded energy and freedom. Frye draws on the Aristotelian notion of reversal, or peripeteia, to analyse the three plays commonly known as the 'problem comedies': "Measure for Measure," "All's Well That Ends Well," and "Troilus and Cressida," showing how they anticipate the romances of Shakespeare's final period.</p>
Who reads The myth of deliverance : reflections on Shakesperare's problem comedies?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Frye, Northrop, 1912-1991
- Publisher
- Toronto ; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press
- Published
- 1983
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780802065032
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Drama, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25