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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... wife , but after three years marriage gets so damned respectable ! ' ( In the Mozart / Da Ponte operatic version , one of the finest arias is the Countess's song of slighted love at the opening of the second act . ) When Marceline ...
... wife , but after three years marriage gets so damned respectable ! ' ( In the Mozart / Da Ponte operatic version , one of the finest arias is the Countess's song of slighted love at the opening of the second act . ) When Marceline ...
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... wife . Let us , then , look at cuckold - comedy more closely . What is the basis for its satire on marriage ? From the comic viewpoint it is a scandal that the best wives often go to those who lack mental and sexual energy rather than ...
... wife . Let us , then , look at cuckold - comedy more closely . What is the basis for its satire on marriage ? From the comic viewpoint it is a scandal that the best wives often go to those who lack mental and sexual energy rather than ...
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... wife in the guise of her lover on certain afternoons in each week . It is accurate , though trite , to say that the play is about role - playing : the same woman can play wife and whore ; the same man can play rapist and rescuer ...
... wife in the guise of her lover on certain afternoons in each week . It is accurate , though trite , to say that the play is about role - playing : the same woman can play wife and whore ; the same man can play rapist and rescuer ...
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Comedy and Related Forms | 19 |
Marriage | 41 |
Procreation | 58 |
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