English Comedy

Name: English Comedy
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521032902
Price: 6400 KES
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ISBN: 9780521032902

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0521032903

ISBN-13 9780521032902

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jan 25th, 2007

Print length 340 Pages

Weight 526 grams

Dimensions 22.80 x 15.20 x 2.30 cms

Product Classification: English Literary studies: general Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 Literary studies: plays & playwrights Literary studies: plays and playwrights

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English Comedy brings together well-established scholars and younger critics to examine the traditions of comic writing in England, ranging from medieval and Renaissance drama through Romantic poetry to twentieth-century literature and philosophy, makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the heritage of comic writing.

Why does comedy matter? Is it celebratory or subversive? What makes it flourish, and which creative forces resist it? English Comedy addresses these and related questions by invoking a variety of works from Aristophanes to Walt Disney, while focusing on the traditions of comic writing in England. Poetry, the novel and (above all) drama are examined to assess the constrictions and liberations of genre, the negotiations or divergences between comic practice and theory, and the dynamics of theatrical language. Ranging from medieval and Renaissance drama through Romantic poetry to twentieth-century literature and philosophy, English Comedy makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the heritage of comic writing.

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