シェイクスピア『お気に召すまま』批評ガイド Shakespeare - as You Like It (Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism)

Aspinall, Dana E.

Bloomsbury Academic（2018/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 182 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781137470492
• DDC分類 822.33

Full Description

This essential guide provides a comprehensive survey of the most important criticism surrounding As You Like It, one of Shakespeare's most popular and engaging comedies, from the earliest appraisals through to 21st century scholarship. Dana Aspinall outlines, assesses and explores the key critical issues, including As You Like It and the genre of comedy; Shakespeare's adaptation of sources; gender, love and marriage; and interrogations of power.

Highlighting how critical and scholarly studies of As You Like It continue to enrich our understanding of this complex and popular play, this guide is an invaluable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of English literature, teachers, researchers, scholars, and lovers of Shakespeare everywhere.

Contents

Introduction
1. 1709-1800: "To Breed Me Well": Determinations of Genre and Character
2. 1800-1900: "Dancing Measures": Arriving at Critical Consensus
3. 1906-1972: "A Great Reckoning"
4. 1948-1980: "Not for All Markets"
5. 1978-Present: "All the World's a Stage"
6. 1980-Present: "To Mutiny Against This Servitude"
7. 1965-Present: "If I Were a Woman"
8. 1981-Present: "She Phebes me"
Conclusion
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index.