Dr White examines the ways in which Shakespeare uses formal conventions from romance throughout his writing career, especially in giving formal completion to a play without forfeiting the 'open-ended' sense of life's complexity. In his romantic comedies these conventions are modified to imply that the cosy womb of marriage is not the end of lovers' lives; in the 'problem' comedies they are used to challenge the artifice of the comic ending; in some tragedies they are used to provide an ideal of fulfilment which has been destroyed by the tragic events - and in the last plays or 'romances' they are used to invoke the full sense of life's continuing comprehensiveness.
| ISBN: | 9780485112566 |
| Publication date: | 1st December 2000 |
| Author: | R S White |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury T&T Clark an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 203 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: general |
Dr White examines the ways in which Shakespeare uses formal conventions from romance throughout his writing career, especially in giving formal completion to a play without forfeiting the 'open-ended' sense of life's complexity. In his romantic comedies these conventions are modified to imply that the cosy womb of marriage is not the end of lovers' lives; in the 'problem' comedies they are used to challenge the artifice of the comic ending; in some tragedies they are used to provide an ideal of fulfilment which has been destroyed by the tragic events - and in the last plays or 'romances' they are used to invoke the full sense of life's continuing comprehensiveness.
Let Wonder Seem Familiar features in the following genres: Literary studies: general
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Let Wonder Seem Familiar was written by R S White and published by Bloomsbury T&T Clark an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing
Let Wonder Seem Familiar has 203 pages