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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... tion of a comedy is one of the least pragmatic uses of language that could be imagined . Comedy is by its very nature festive , ludic , and creative . Preciosity is mocked , but at the same time enjoyed and exploited . The forms of ...
... tion of a comedy is one of the least pragmatic uses of language that could be imagined . Comedy is by its very nature festive , ludic , and creative . Preciosity is mocked , but at the same time enjoyed and exploited . The forms of ...
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... tion between comedy and reality : the topicality of comedy , its relation to the ' manners ' ( customs ) of ordinary people at a par- ticular place and time . Let us , then , test the notion that comedy should remain faithful to reality ...
... tion between comedy and reality : the topicality of comedy , its relation to the ' manners ' ( customs ) of ordinary people at a par- ticular place and time . Let us , then , test the notion that comedy should remain faithful to reality ...
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... tion , but in such a case we must , for the moment , put our affec- tion out of court and impose silence on our pity . ' We can think of comedies to which this applies , but they do not include Chaplin's or Shakespeare's . In an earlier ...
... tion , but in such a case we must , for the moment , put our affec- tion out of court and impose silence on our pity . ' We can think of comedies to which this applies , but they do not include Chaplin's or Shakespeare's . In an earlier ...
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