Essay Archive - The Winter's Tale: The Tragedy Within A Romance
The Winter's Tale: The Tragedy Within A Romance
In 1623, the complete works of Shakespeare were published in the First
Folio. Within this Folio were the works of Shakespeare categorized by their
genre. There were tragedies, histories, comedies, and the final four were
romances. Prior to this time, romance was not a widespread genre in anyone's
writings. We can see by means of the "genealogy" of writing, that the romance
we know today was created through the combination of the Greek novels and
Shakespearean comedies. This alliance between the two genres is apparent in
Shakespeare's ....
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