A Natural Perspective by Northrop Frye (1995, Paperback, Reissue)
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Author: Northrop Frye
Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
Publication Date: 1995-05-01
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0231082711
ISBN-13: 9780231082716
Product ID: EPID58934
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Publisher's Note In A Natural Perspective, distinguished critic Northrop Frye maintains that Shakespeare's comedy is widely misunderstood and underestimated, and that the four romances - Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, and The Tempest - are the inevitable culmination of the poet's career. Rather than comment only on individual plays, Frye treats the comedies as a group unified by recurrent structures, devices, and images: the storm at sea, the identical twins, the heroine disguised as a boy, the retreat into the forest, the heroine with a mysterious father. This collection of four essays, by one of the most distinguished critics writing in English, is concerned with principles of criticism and with the enjoyment of Shakespeare's comedies. It is the author's thesis that Shakespeare's comedy is widely misunderstood and underestimated, and that the four romances are the inevitable and genuine culmination of the poet's achievement. Taking a perspective that retreats from the usual commentary on individual plays, Professor Frye considers the comedies as a group unified by recurring images and structural devices. | See an error? Submit a change request | ||||||||||||||||
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