Shakespeare's Rhetoric of Comic Character
Author:   Karen Newman
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415489089


Pages:   158
Publication Date:   26 September 2008
Format:   Paperback
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Shakespeare's Rhetoric of Comic Character


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First published in 1985. In this revisionist history of comic characterization, Karen Newman argues that, contrary to received opinion, Shakespeare was not the first comic dramatist to create self-conscious characters who seem 'lifelike' or 'realistic'. His comic practice is firmly set within a comic tradition which stretches from Plautus and Menander to playwrights of the Italian Renaissance.

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Author:   Karen Newman
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.310kg
ISBN:  

9780415489089


ISBN 10:   0415489083
Pages:   158
Publication Date:   26 September 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. The inward sprints: Measure for Measure II 2. Comic plot conventions in Measure for Measure 3. Menander and New Comedy4. Plautus and Terence5. The enchantments of Circe 6. 'And all their minds transfigur'd': Shakespeare's early comedies 7. Magic versus time: As You Like It and Twelfth Night 8. Mistaking in Much Ado 9. Shakespeare's Rhetoric of consciousness

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