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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... Consider one of Schopenhauer's examples . An actor is forbidden to improvise during his act . Soon afterwards he is required to ride a horse on stage . The horse drops dung , to the amusement of the audience : the comedian reproves his ...
... Consider one of Schopenhauer's examples . An actor is forbidden to improvise during his act . Soon afterwards he is required to ride a horse on stage . The horse drops dung , to the amusement of the audience : the comedian reproves his ...
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... consider more than half of all plays , novels , films , short stories , and half - hour television shows ; nearly all cartoons ( still and animated ) and graffiti ; many operas ; some ballets and paintings ; innumerable monologues on ...
... consider more than half of all plays , novels , films , short stories , and half - hour television shows ; nearly all cartoons ( still and animated ) and graffiti ; many operas ; some ballets and paintings ; innumerable monologues on ...
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... considers raising it , then changes his mind , saying , " What have I to do with the rearing of children and the ... consider raising it in the first place . In The Girl from Samos the man who threatens to chop up the child speaks in ...
... considers raising it , then changes his mind , saying , " What have I to do with the rearing of children and the ... consider raising it in the first place . In The Girl from Samos the man who threatens to chop up the child speaks in ...
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Laughter | 1 |
Comedy and Related Forms | 19 |
Marriage | 41 |
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