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Shakespeare's great stage of fools

This lively, lucid book undertakes a detailed study of Shakespeare's fascination with clowns, fools, and fooling. Through close reading of plays over the whole course of Shakespeare's theatrical career, Bell highlights the fun, wit, insight, and mystery of some of Shakespeare's most v...

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Main Authors: Bell, Robert H
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Characters > Fools
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Characters > Clowns
Fools and jesters in literature
Clowns in literature
Shakespeare studies & criticism > English
Literature
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230337725
Summary: This lively, lucid book undertakes a detailed study of Shakespeare's fascination with clowns, fools, and fooling. Through close reading of plays over the whole course of Shakespeare's theatrical career, Bell highlights the fun, wit, insight, and mystery of some of Shakespeare's most vibrant and often vexing figures.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230115118, 2011.
Carrier Form: 198 p.
Audience: Undergraduate.
ISBN: 9780230115118
9780230337725 :
0230337724 :
CLC: J809.561
Contents: Motley to the View Follies of Identity: A Midsummer Night's Dream The Fool's Two Bodies: 'The Henriad' Feigning & Fooling in As You Like It Foolery shines everywhere: Twelfth Night The Fate of Folly: Much Ado About Nothing Scourges of Folly Motley Tales and Strange Bedfellows Unconsidered Trifles: A Fool's Horn Book.

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