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Fletcher's main theory is convincing and will open up new fields of inquiry. This accessible work is for those interested in political science, cultural history, and comic theory as well as classical literature. * Choice * Fletcher is to be commended for his ability to bring together such a diverse range of texts and ideas. Although readers are unlikely to agree with all of his conclusions, Fletcher sets forth a suggestive and provocative argument that will be useful to those interested in the political dimensions of the comic form. * The Journal of Interdisciplinary History * Comic Democracies invites its readers to note the leaders and people who are willing and able to laugh, with and at themselves, and take them as seriously-more seriously, even-than those filled with grandiosity and self-serving conviction. Our political life may depend upon it. * The Review of Politics *

Fletcher's main theory is convincing and will open up new fields of inquiry. This accessible work is for those interested in political science, cultural history, and comic theory as well as classical literature. Choice

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Angus Fletcher is a professor of English and a core member of Project Narrative at The Ohio State University. He is the author of Evolving Hamlet: Seventeenth-Century English Tragedy and the Ethics of Natural Selection.

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