Love's Labour's Lost: A Guide to the PlayLove's Labour's Lost has had a puzzling history. Until the 1950s it was generally considered one of Shakespeare's earliest plays, and it was one of his most vilified until the 20th century. Perhaps more than any other Shakespearean play, it explores the power and limitations of language, and this blatant concern for language led many early critics to believe that it was the work of a playwright just learning his art. Because of its linguistic density, it is one of Shakespeare's most demanding plays, and this difficulty helps account for its initial unpopularity. But modern critics have begun to study the play in earnest and it is now one of Shakespeare's most popular works. This reference is a thorough introduction to the play's origins and legacy. |
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... The Landscape of the Mind : Pastoralism and Platonic Theory in Tasso's Aminta and Shakespeare's Early Comedies . Oxford : Clar- endon Press , 1969 . Coleridge , Samuel Taylor . Writings on Shakespeare . Ed . Terence Hawkes . New York ...
Contents
Textual History | 1 |
Contexts and Sources | 29 |
Dramatic Structure | 55 |
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