Shakespeare's Falstaff: 'The cause that wit is in other men.'
A literary criticism is presented with information on the fictitious character "Falstaff" created by English poet and dramatist William Shakespeare. Shakespeare created this complex and subversive Falstaff from a variety of sources. Shakespeare found models in Latin comedy, the miles gloriosus (or b...
| Publicado en: | University of Toronto Quarterly Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 722 - 729 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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University of Toronto Press
Spring2005
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| Sumario: | A literary criticism is presented with information on the fictitious character "Falstaff" created by English poet and dramatist William Shakespeare. Shakespeare created this complex and subversive Falstaff from a variety of sources. Shakespeare found models in Latin comedy, the miles gloriosus (or braggart soldier) and the witty parasite. And he found at least one model in history: Falstaff was originally named Oldcastle, referring to a Lollard leader martyred during the reign of Henry V. Sir John Oldcastle had already been dramatized in an earlier play, "The Famous Victories of Henry V." |
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