Shakespeare's style

207 Pages·2014·0.723 MB·English

by  Charney, Maurice, Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare’s Style

Shakespeare’s Style
Maurice Charney
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
1 AntipholusofSyracuseasComicHeroinTheComedyofErrors 1
2 TheSatireonLearninginLove’sLabor’sLost 5
3 Richard’sPhysicalDeformitiesin3HenryVIandRichardIII 9
4 TheSardonicAaroninTitusAndronicus 15
5 WhoTamesWhominTheTamingoftheShrew? 21
6 TheConventionsofRomanticLoveinTheTwoGentlemenof
Verona 27
7 ThePortentousTragedyofRomeoandJuliet 31
8 AudienceResponsetoRichardinRichardII 37
9 TheFairyWorldofAMidsummerNight’sDream 43
10 Shylock’sMonomaniacalStyleinTheMerchantofVenice 47
11 CommodityandtheBastardinKingJohn 51
12 Falstaff’sHyperboleintheHenryIVPlays 55
13 TheBanishmentofFalstaffintheHenryIVPlays 61
14 Shakespeare’sIlliterates 67
15 TheWitCombatofBeatriceandBenedickinMuchAdoAbout
Nothing 73
16 TheRomanStyleofJuliusCaesar 77
17 JaquesasSatiricObserverinAsYouLikeIt 85
18 FesteasCorrupterofWordsinTwelfthNight 89
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19 HamletasActor 93
20 SexNauseainTroilusandCressida 99
21 ParollestheBraggartinAll’sWellThatEndsWell 105
22 Iago’sandOthello’s“Ha’s” 109
23 LuciotheCalumniatorinMeasureforMeasure 115
24 MadnessinKingLear 119
25 TheMacbeths’sInsomnia 125
26 RomanValuesinAntonyandCleopatra 129
27 TheCultivationofExcessinTimonofAthens 135
28 Coriolanus’sManliness 141
29 TheSaintlyMarinainPericles 145
30 Imogen:RomanceHeroineofCymbeline 149
31 SpeechRhythmsinTheWinter’sTale 153
32 Prospero’s“Art”inTheTempest 159
33 TheTragedyofCardinalWolseyinHenryVIII 165
34 ThePrettyMadnessoftheJailer’sDaughterinTheTwoNoble
Kinsmen 171
Conclusion 175
Index 179
AbouttheAuthor 183