The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare's ComediesCambridge University Press, 2008/04/07 - 153 ページ Why did theatre audiences laugh in Shakespeare's day? Why do they still laugh now? What did Shakespeare do with the conventions of comedy that he inherited, so that his plays continue to amuse and move audiences? What do his comedies have to say about love, sex, gender, power, family, community, and class? What place have pain, cruelty, and even death in a comedy? Why all those puns? In a survey that travels from Shakespeare's earliest experiments in farce and courtly love-stories to the great romantic comedies of his middle years and the mould-breaking experiments of his last decade's work, this book addresses these vital questions. Organised thematically, and covering all Shakespeare's comedies from the beginning to the end of his career, it provides readers with a map of the playwright's comic styles, showing how he built on comedic conventions as he further enriched the possibilities of the genre. |
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Penny Gay. The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare's Comedies Why did theatre audiences laugh in Shakespeare's day and why do they still laugh now? What did Shakespeare do with the conventions of comedy that he inherited, so that his ...
Penny Gay. The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare's Comedies Why did theatre audiences laugh in Shakespeare's day and why do they still laugh now? What did Shakespeare do with the conventions of comedy that he inherited, so that his ...
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... The Winter's Tale, Cymbeline, The Tempest 103 7 The afterlives of Shakespeare's comedies 124 Conclusion 138 Further reading 141 Notes 143 Index 151 Preface Why did audiences laugh in Shakespeare's day, why do vii Contents.
... The Winter's Tale, Cymbeline, The Tempest 103 7 The afterlives of Shakespeare's comedies 124 Conclusion 138 Further reading 141 Notes 143 Index 151 Preface Why did audiences laugh in Shakespeare's day, why do vii Contents.
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... laugh now? What did Shakespeare do with the conventions of comedy that he inherited, so that his plays continue to ... Laughter Laughter ix Preface.
... laugh now? What did Shakespeare do with the conventions of comedy that he inherited, so that his plays continue to ... Laughter Laughter ix Preface.
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Penny Gay. Chapter 1 Introduction: comedy as idea and practice Laughter Laughter is universal; we all need to laugh, and many different events canbring it about. Throughout the sixteenth century there were significant discussions of the ...
Penny Gay. Chapter 1 Introduction: comedy as idea and practice Laughter Laughter is universal; we all need to laugh, and many different events canbring it about. Throughout the sixteenth century there were significant discussions of the ...
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... laugh – at various points in the play. When Castiglione speaks of 'the disposition of the minds of the hearers' he ... laughter when played on a stage? (though it may very well not do so in silent reading). Between them, like ...
... laugh – at various points in the play. When Castiglione speaks of 'the disposition of the minds of the hearers' he ... laughter when played on a stage? (though it may very well not do so in silent reading). Between them, like ...
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2 Farce | 16 |
3 Courtly lovers and the real world | 35 |
4 Comedy and language | 58 |
5 Romantic comedy | 71 |
6 Problematic plots and endings | 103 |
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