ABSTRACT
This anthology examines Love's Labours Lost from a variety of perspectives and through a wide range of materials. Selections discuss the play in terms of historical context, dating, and sources; character analysis; comic elements and verbal conceits; evidence of authorship; performance analysis; and feminist interpretations. Alongside theater reviews, production photographs, and critical commentary, the volume also includes essays written by practicing theater artists who have worked on the play. An index by name, literary work, and concept rounds out this valuable resource.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|37 pages
Introduction
part II|303 pages
Love's Labour's Lost And The Critics
chapter |2 pages
Love's Labour Lost from Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature
chapter |17 pages
Elizabethan Views of the “Other”
part III|132 pages
Love's Labour's Lost on Stage