Comedy: An Introduction to Comedy in Literature, Drama, and CinemaOxford University Press, 1990 - 197 páginas From Plautus, Cervantes, and Dickens to Evelyn Waugh, Joseph Heller, and Tom Stoppard, from A Midsummer Night's Dream to Arsenic and Old Lace and Woody Allen, this concise and readable book provides a thorough introduction to comic criticism. Nelson shows that there are significant recurring patterns of comedy both in the classics and in more popular and commercial works. He discusses such themes as the link between comedy and carnival, the apparent obsession of modern writers with linguistic comedy, and the dilemma of feminists faced with traditional comedy that is largely sexist in nature. |
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... thing bound a man to marry , he'd have to marry everybody . ' Bridoison adds , ' And if people looked into things really closely , they'd never marry at all . ' Even Suzanne finds herself asking whether Figaro's devotion will survive ...
... thing bound a man to marry , he'd have to marry everybody . ' Bridoison adds , ' And if people looked into things really closely , they'd never marry at all . ' Even Suzanne finds herself asking whether Figaro's devotion will survive ...
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... things in his tragedies , but the rule against cooing over chil- dren applies just as strongly to comedy : children ... Thing ; later , quizzing another couple on the reason for their childlessness , she asks , ' Is yours a case of sperm ...
... things in his tragedies , but the rule against cooing over chil- dren applies just as strongly to comedy : children ... Thing ; later , quizzing another couple on the reason for their childlessness , she asks , ' Is yours a case of sperm ...
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... things too real ( by which they meant too preoccupied with the sadness of things ) . ' It's pretentious , ' one of them com- plained , ' His insights are shallow and morbid . I've seen it all before . They try to document their private ...
... things too real ( by which they meant too preoccupied with the sadness of things ) . ' It's pretentious , ' one of them com- plained , ' His insights are shallow and morbid . I've seen it all before . They try to document their private ...
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Laughter | 1 |
Comedy and Related Forms | 19 |
Marriage | 41 |
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Comedy: An Introduction to Comedy in Literature, Drama, and Cinema T. G. A. Nelson Visualização de excertos - 1990 |
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