Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare Criticism)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: November 17, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9780815338895
Subjects: Shakespeare studies & criticism; Plays / Drama; Literary Collections; English; Literature: Classics; Shakespeare; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; Essays
First sentence: I can't understand who planned all of this overnight fame,
Description: This collection of essays and reviews represents the most significant and comprehensive writing on Shakespeare's A Comedy of Errors. Miola's edited work also features a comprehensive critical history, coupled with a full bibliography and photographs of major productions of the play from around the world. In the collection, there are five previously unpublished essays. The topics covered in these new essays are women in the play, the play's debt to contemporary theater, its critical and performance histories in Germany and Japan, the metrical variety of the play, and the distinctly modern perspective on the play as containing dark and disturbing elements. To compliment these new essays, the collection features significant scholarship and commentary on The Comedy of Errors that is published in obscure and difficulty accessible journals, newspapers, and other sources. --From publisher's description.