Dramatic Form in Shakespeare and the Jacobeans

These Essays Are Concerned With Aspects Of Dramatic Form Such As Plot Construction And Characterisation In Works By Shakespeare And His Contemporaries. They Focus In Detail On The Plays'' Texts At The Same Time Seeking To Establish Around Them The Dramatists'' View Of Their World. Leo Salingar Examines Six Plays By Shakespeare (The Merchant Of Venice Henry Iv Parts 1 And 2 Twelfth Night Hamlet And King Lear) And Five Leading Works By Other Jacobean Playwrights (Volpone The Silent Woman Bartholomew Fair The Revenger''S Tragedy And The Changeling). There Is Also A Study Of Cervantes'' Don Quixote And Two General Essays On Drama In The Light Of Elizabethan Usage Of The Key Words Art And Wit. Each Study Considers Its Subject From A Perspective That Takes Account Of Social History Stage Conditions The History Of Ideas Or Critical Theory. The Collection Provides A Coherent Survey Of The Dramatic Forms In Shakespeare''S Time.