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Shakespeare and the comedy of enchantment /

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This volume explores the extent to which Shakespeare's comedies resist empirical rationalism and resolution, despite that rationalism seeming to be the wished-for ending in plays that turn around magical, mystical, and inexplicable events.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cartwright, Kent, 1943- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Comedies.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Magic in literature.
Comedy > History and criticism.
Magie dans la littérature.
Comédie > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM.
Renaissance.
Comedy
Humorous plays
Magic in literature
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This volume explores the extent to which Shakespeare's comedies resist empirical rationalism and resolution, despite that rationalism seeming to be the wished-for ending in plays that turn around magical, mystical, and inexplicable events.
Item Description:This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 247 pages).
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780192639646
0192639641
9780191905346
0191905348