"What's in a Name?" Tragicomedy, Romance, or Late Comedy

A Companion to Shakespeare's Works

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 129-149

  Mowat, Barbara A ^a,b  

^a Folger Shakespeare Library   (United States)

^b Folger Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Late comedy; Phraseological peculiarities; Romance; Shakespeare; Tragicomedy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049442129     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996560.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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