Bibliograph

Shakespeare's sexual comedy;, a mirror for lovers, [by] Hugh M. Richmond

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Label

Shakespeare's sexual comedy;, a mirror for lovers, [by] Hugh M. Richmond

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Shakespeare's sexual comedy;

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

162579

Responsibility statement

[by] Hugh M. Richmond

Sub title

a mirror for lovers

Summary

Discusses the sonnets, The Comedy of Errors, Love's Labours Lost, The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Measure for Measure, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and others

Table Of Contents

Early Warning -- -- I. Shakespeare's Relevance -- -- II. The Sonnets: Reversal of Expectations in Love -- -- III. Sexual Norms Revised -- The Comedy of Errors, or the Penalties of Virtue -- Love's Labour's Lost: Intellectual Lovers Derided -- The Taming of the Shrew, of How a Talented Woman Can Become a Successful Wife and Be Happy -- -- IV. Low Love and High Passion -- Bottom as Romeo -- Triangles in The Sonnets and The Merchant of Venice -- Rosalind, Helena, and Isabella: the Descent to Sexual Realities -- Desdemona, and Cleopatra's Escape from Tragic Virtue -- -- V. Shakespeare and Modern Sexuality -- Albee's Virginia Woolf and Much Ado -- -- VI. The Self as Work of Art

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