Love Story in Shakespearean Comedy

by Anthony J. Lewis

" In this fascinating study, Anthony J. Lewis argues that it is the hero himself, rejecting a woman he apprehends as a threat, who is love's own worst enemy. Drawing upon classical and Renaissance drama, iconography, and a wide range of traditional and feminist criticism, Lewis demonstrates that in Shakespeare the actions and reactions of hero and heroine are contingent upon social setting-father-son relations, patriarchal restrictions on women, and cultural assumptions about gender-appropriate

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813117860
• ISBN13: 9780813117867
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher