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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... fool , that has no more wit than a stone ' mentioned elsewhere by Malvolio . This is reminiscent of Sartre's essay on the comic actor , who loses authenticity by living through roles . Though aware of the part they are playing , fools ...
... fool , that has no more wit than a stone ' mentioned elsewhere by Malvolio . This is reminiscent of Sartre's essay on the comic actor , who loses authenticity by living through roles . Though aware of the part they are playing , fools ...
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... fool and priest is parodic . In the medieval Feast of Fools the fool mocked clerics , sermons , and the liturgy : there seems to have been a visual resemblance between the fool's cap and the monk's cowl . However , the function of the ...
... fool and priest is parodic . In the medieval Feast of Fools the fool mocked clerics , sermons , and the liturgy : there seems to have been a visual resemblance between the fool's cap and the monk's cowl . However , the function of the ...
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... fool , my lord ' to warn audiences not to ignore the fool's wisdom . Cervantes keeps reminding readers that the Don speaks sense on any subject not connected with knight errantry . Jaroslav Hašek in The Good Soldier Švejk , a novel ...
... fool , my lord ' to warn audiences not to ignore the fool's wisdom . Cervantes keeps reminding readers that the Don speaks sense on any subject not connected with knight errantry . Jaroslav Hašek in The Good Soldier Švejk , a novel ...
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Laughter | 1 |
Comedy and Related Forms | 19 |
Marriage | 41 |
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