A Companion to Shakespeare's Works

The four-volume Companion to Shakespeare's Works, compiled as a single entity, offers a uniquely comprehensive snapshot of current Shakespeare criticism. This volume looks at Shakespeare’s comedies.:.; Contains original essays on every comedy from The Two Gentlemen of Verona to Twelfth Night.; Includes twelve additional articles on such topics as the humoral body in Shakespearean comedy, Shakespeare's comedies on film, Shakespeare's relation to other comic writers of his time, Shakespeare's cross dressing comedies, and the geographies of Shakespearean comedy.; Brings together new essays from a diverse, international group of scholars.; Complements David Scott Kastan's A Companion to Shakespeare (1999), which focused on Shakespeare as an author in his historical context.; Offers a provocative roadmap to Shakespeare studies.