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This 1984 book is an original attempt to combine social history and anthropology with literary criticism. Professor Berry relates Shakespeare's romantic comedies to Elizabethan social customs and to rites of initiation, courtship and marriage. He offers an alternative interpretation of a major... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Rosalind: Add a description of this character.
- Kate
- Dromio
- Julia
- Antipholus
- Shakespeare
- Adriana
- Whythorne
- Olivia
- Grumio
- Langer
- Anne
- Benedick
- Helena
- Claudio
- Simon
- Silvia
- Sebastian
- Van Gennep
- Arden
- Berowne
- Lysander
- Sidney
- Frye
- Luciana
- Lucentio
- C. L. Barber
- Bettelheim
- Viola
- Dogberry
- Bassanio
- Demetrius
- Valentine
- Feste
- Robert Armin
- Leo Salingar
- Leonato
- Jaques
- Forman
- Launce
- Gluckman
- Love
- Cupid
- Thisby
- Beatrice
- Greville
Authors & Contributors edit
- Edward I. Berry (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 822.33
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