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<p>In this paper, I analyse the construction of the city as an ideological space in All’s Well that Ends Well which, I argue, generates the play’s genre ambiguity. Drawing on recent scholarly work that has identified Thomas Middleton as co-author of the play, I investigate how the interplay between Middleton and Shakespeare’s artistic temperaments concretizes in the mental space of the city, which infuses the entire play. In my research, I propose a further attribution to Middleton and show that Middleton’s contribution leads to the formation of an imbalanced landscape, situated between crisis and change, between comedy and tragedy.</p>
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In this paper, I analyse the construction of the city as an ideological space in All’s Well that Ends Well which, I argue, generates the play’s genre ambiguity. Drawing on recent scholarly work that has identified Thomas Middleton as co-author of the play, I investigate how the interplay between Middleton and Shakespeare’s artistic temperaments concretizes in the mental space of the city, which infuses the entire play. In my research, I propose a further attribution to Middleton and show that Middleton’s contribution leads to the formation of an imbalanced landscape, situated between crisis and change, between comedy and tragedy.

The City Between Genre and Authorship in <italic>All’s Well That Ends Well</italic>

“Babeș-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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The City Between Genre and Authorship in 

In this paper, I analyse the construction of the city as an ideological space in All’s Well that Ends Well which, I argue, generates the play’s genre...

The City Between Genre and Authorship in All’s Well That Ends Well

Published Online: Dec 26, 2023

Page range: 147 - 155

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2023-0017

Keywords
authorship, city, comedy, space, Thomas Middleton, tragedy

© 2023 Gabriela Cheaptanaru, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The City Between Genre and Authorship in All’s Well That Ends Well

Published Online: Dec 26, 2023

Page range: 147 - 155

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2023-0017

Keywordsauthorship, city, comedy, space, Thomas Middleton, tragedy

© 2023 Gabriela Cheaptanaru, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
authorship, city, comedy, space, Thomas Middleton, tragedy