Beyond a common joy : an introduction to Shakespearean comedy

Beyond a common joy : an introduction to Shakespearean comedy / Paul A. Olson.

"Soul of the age!" Ben Jonson eulogized Shakespeare, and in the next breath, "He was not of an age but for all time." That he was both "of the age" and "for all time" is, this book suggests, the key to Shakespeare's comic genius. In this engaging introduc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Olson, Paul A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Comedies.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Humor.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Comedy.
comedy plays.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
DRAMA > Shakespeare.
Comedy
Humorous plays
Humor
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Table of Contents:
  • On historical understandings of Shakespeare's works
  • Shakespeare and the invention of grand comic form
  • Shakespearean comedic myths
  • Biblical story and festival enter Shakespearean comedy
  • Empire and conquest in the comedies
  • Measure for measure as form, myth, and Scripture.

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