Shakespeare and Comedy

Author:   Robert Maslen
Publisher:   Arden Shakespeare
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9781306729178


Pages:   281
Publication Date:   01 January 2014
Format:   Electronic book text
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Shakespeare and Comedy


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Comedy was at the centre of a critical storm that raged throughout the early modern period. Shakespeare's plays made capital of this controversy. In them he deliberately invokes the case against comedy made by the Elizabethan theatre haters. They are filled with jokes that go too far, laughter that hurts its victims, wordplay that turns to swordplay and aggressive acts of comic revenge. Through a detailed study which considers tragedies and histories as well as comedies, Maslen contends that Shakespeare's use of the comic mode is always calculatedly unsettling, and that this is part of what makes it pleasurable.

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Author:   Robert Maslen
Publisher:   Arden Shakespeare
Imprint:   Arden Shakespeare
ISBN:  

9781306729178


ISBN 10:   1306729173
Pages:   281
Publication Date:   01 January 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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