Shakespeare's Comedies: A Very Short Introduction

- Identifies the five distinctive qualities of Shakespearean comedy, and makes connections across all of Shakespeare's comic plays, including so-called 'romances' such as The Tempest or The Winter's Tale
- Analyses Shakespeare's comedic plays in the context of their time
- Explains theories of comedy from Aristotle to Freud and Bergson
- Part of the bestselling Very Short Introductions series - over seven million copies sold worldwide