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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... readers find the book far from ' fierce ' . They read it to bolster their conviction that they are capable of laughing at themselves : they do not see it as an attack or as a threat . In other words , they read it as comedy while ...
... readers find the book far from ' fierce ' . They read it to bolster their conviction that they are capable of laughing at themselves : they do not see it as an attack or as a threat . In other words , they read it as comedy while ...
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... readers from more straight - faced interpretations . To add to the confusion some names , such as that of the beautiful Spanish exile Remedios Varo ' , are those of real people , of whom a given reader may or may not have heard : if I ...
... readers from more straight - faced interpretations . To add to the confusion some names , such as that of the beautiful Spanish exile Remedios Varo ' , are those of real people , of whom a given reader may or may not have heard : if I ...
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... readers are less inclined to take the nature of the fictional ' reality ' for granted . Instead of fostering the illusion that the fictional world is real and self - contained , the narrator encourages us to stand back from the work ...
... readers are less inclined to take the nature of the fictional ' reality ' for granted . Instead of fostering the illusion that the fictional world is real and self - contained , the narrator encourages us to stand back from the work ...
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Comedy and Related Forms | 19 |
Marriage | 41 |
Procreation | 58 |
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