Shakespeare's Great Stage of Fools

This lively, lucid book undertakes a detailed and provocative study of Shakespeare's fascination with clowns, fools, and fooling. Through close reading of plays over the whole course of Shakespeare's theatrical career, Bell highlights the fun, wit, insights, and mysteries of some of Shakespeare's most vibrant and often vexing figures.

Author: R. Bell
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 08/15/2013
Pages: 186
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781137346759

About the Author
ROBERT HUNTLEY BELL is Frederick Latimer Wells Professor of English at Williams College, USA.