SOURCE: “Love's Labour's Lost: The Grace of Society,” in The Vulnerable Text: Essays on Renaissance Literature, Columbia University Press, 1986, pp. 140-58.
In the essay below, originally published in 1971, Greene assesses Love's Labour's Lost in terms of its concern with society, noting that the play lacks both a locus of political authority and a reliable representative of the citizenry. Greene contends that while the play does not portray a “living society,” it comments on the appropriate conduct of the citizens, and on the roles of entertainment, love, wit, and civility within society.
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