This lively, lucid book undertakes a detailed and provocative 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, insights, and mysteries of some of Shakespeare's most vibrantand often vexing figures. ROBERT HUNTLEY BELL is Frederick Latimer Wells Professor of English at Williams College, USA. INDICE: 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
- ISBN: 978-0-230-11511-8
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 198
- Fecha Publicación: 20/09/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés