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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... dead ) is tossed from cupboard to coffin and back again , its claim to a peaceful resting - place repeatedly subordinated to that of a hoard of stolen money . The same motif appears , in milder form , in less ruthless comedies . Huck ...
... dead ) is tossed from cupboard to coffin and back again , its claim to a peaceful resting - place repeatedly subordinated to that of a hoard of stolen money . The same motif appears , in milder form , in less ruthless comedies . Huck ...
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... dead which would be anathema in some cultures perfectly acceptable in others . ' A tribe which believes it confers honour on its elders by eating them ' will , he points out , be ' viewed askance by another which prefers to buy them a ...
... dead which would be anathema in some cultures perfectly acceptable in others . ' A tribe which believes it confers honour on its elders by eating them ' will , he points out , be ' viewed askance by another which prefers to buy them a ...
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... dead . ... I killed Bunbury this afternoon . I mean poor Bunbury died this afternoon . ' Though Bunbury is imaginary the notion of him being casually killed , for the convenience of the youthful hero , is bracing and shocking in the ...
... dead . ... I killed Bunbury this afternoon . I mean poor Bunbury died this afternoon . ' Though Bunbury is imaginary the notion of him being casually killed , for the convenience of the youthful hero , is bracing and shocking in the ...
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Comedy and Related Forms | 19 |
Marriage | 41 |
Procreation | 58 |
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