Sweetest nut hath sourest rind, Such a nut is Rosalinde …

… a couplet from an exchange during which an anterior text seems to be volatilised away into literary history, analogous to My Fair Lady (1956) delivering Shaw’s Pygmalion (1913) over into the care of specialists. In a scene of superlative comic dialogue (As You Like it, III ii), Rosalind encounters her earlier, less sophisticated self, ‘Rosalynde’, reflected first in Orlando’s laboured rhyming, and then in Touchstone’s effortless and bawdy parody. Charred pages of Thomas Lodge’s Rosalynde float away on the audience’s laughter.

… a couplet from an exchange during which an anterior text seems to be volatilised away into literary history, analogous to

My Fair Lady

(1956) delivering Shaw’s

Pygmalion

(1913) over…

3335 words

Citation: Booth, Roy. "Rosalynde". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 14 May 2019 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=38945, accessed 19 April 2024.]

38945 Rosalynde 3 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

Save this article

If you need to create a new bookshelf to save this article in, please make sure that you are logged in, then go to your 'Account' here

Leave Feedback

The Literary Encyclopedia is a living community of scholars. We welcome comments which will help us improve.