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Shakespeare's Festive Comedy by Cesar Lombardi Barber (Paperback, 1972)

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Product Description : I have been led into an exploration of the way the social form of Elizabethan holidays contributed to the dramatic form of festive comedy To relate this drama to holiday has proved to be the most effective way to describe its character And this historical interplay between social and artistic form has an interest of its own we can see here with more clarity of outline and detail than is usually possible how art develops underlying configurations in the social life of a cultureC L Barber in the Introduction

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'Shakespeare's Festive Comedy' is the best book on the subject that I know. The book is well and clearly written, and I should think would fascinate the general readers. I think it is indispensable for students of Shakespeare's comedy.'-----Francis Fergusson