Lovers, Clowns, and Fairies: An Essay on Comedies

by Stuart M. Tave

Book Overview

Through dreams and shadows and strangeness, through blinding charms and eye-opening counter-charms, through moments of mortification and laughter--thus Stuart M. Tave traces the journey of the lovers, clowns, and fairies who populate comedies from A Midsummer Night's Dream to Waiting for Godot. Tave avoids the pitfalls of theory, taking instead a close look at particular works to give us a sense of the relations between certain dramas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226790207
• ISBN13: 9780226790206
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"