This vintage book contains a fascinating treatise on the comic
characters of Shakespeare's plays. With textual analysis and an
exploration of the concept of comedy, this is a volume that will appeal
to fans of Shakespeare's work and one that will be of considerable
utility to students of literature. Contents include: "William
Shakespeare", "Introduction", "Touchstone", "Shylock", "Bottom",
"Beatrice and Benedick", "Love's Labour's Lost", "As You Like It", "The
Merchant of Venice", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and "Much Ado About
Nothing". Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly
scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an
affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned
new biography of Shakespeare. This book was first published in 1956.