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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... comedy : they stimulate one another . In a few comedies , such as Tom Stoppard's Jumpers and Professional Foul , philo- sophy becomes an explicit and central concern . In a ... Comedy and Related Forms Comedy , according to M. 18 Laughter.
... comedy : they stimulate one another . In a few comedies , such as Tom Stoppard's Jumpers and Professional Foul , philo- sophy becomes an explicit and central concern . In a ... Comedy and Related Forms Comedy , according to M. 18 Laughter.
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... Comedy's most conspicuous contribution to later drama is the plot in which a young man and a young woman succeed in overcoming obstacles to their mar- riage . But other ingredients of New Comedy , such as comic ser- vants and rogues ...
... Comedy's most conspicuous contribution to later drama is the plot in which a young man and a young woman succeed in overcoming obstacles to their mar- riage . But other ingredients of New Comedy , such as comic ser- vants and rogues ...
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... comedy . Our conclusion , on the whole , will be cautious . We shall accept the view of the psychoanalyst Charles Mauron that comedy moves away from the hauntings of dreams towards everyday experience . But we shall remember , as Mauron ...
... comedy . Our conclusion , on the whole , will be cautious . We shall accept the view of the psychoanalyst Charles Mauron that comedy moves away from the hauntings of dreams towards everyday experience . But we shall remember , as Mauron ...
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Laughter | 1 |
Comedy and Related Forms | 19 |
Marriage | 41 |
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