Author: AristophanesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Author: William Congreve
Author: AristophanesAphra Behn: The Comedies
Author: Kate AughtersonPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350317926
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Kate Aughterson provides readers with an approachable and fascinating critical guide to the dramatic works of an important seventeenth-century woman writer. Aughterson analyses Aphra Behn's abilities as a playwright, showing particularly how she skillfully employs comic and dramatic conventions to radical ends, and how she forces her audience to engage with issues about gender and sexuality whilst retaining her witty and accessible style. Chapters in the first part of the book provide close readings of the comedies, addressing such topics as openings, endings, character types, staging, and politics and society. In the second part, Aughterson not only examines Behn's literary career and the Restoration contexts of her plays, but also looks at some sample criticism and explores Behn's drama as performance.
Author: Carlo GoldoniCostume in the Comedies of Aristophanes
Author: Gwendolyn Compton-EnglePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107083796
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
This book interprets the handling of costume in the plays of the ancient Greek comic playwright Aristophanes, using as evidence the surviving plays as well as vase-paintings and terracotta figurines. This book fills a gap in the study of ancient Greek drama, focusing on performance, gender, and the body.
Sexuality in the Comedies of William Shakespeare
Author: Stephen P. ThompsonPublisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN: 0737769823
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
This fascinating edition examines the comedies of playwright William Shakespeare through the lens of sexuality. Essays explore topics such as the ambiguity of Shakespeare's sonnets, Renaissance attitudes toward sexuality, themes of misogyny in Taming of the Shrew, and sexual anxiety in Much Ado About Nothing. Modern perspectives on sexuality and courtship are also presented, covering subjects such as social media and dating, modern mythology about the differences between genders, and a decline in American romantic comedies.
Author: Aristophanes
Author: Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux
Author: William Shakespeare