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Gay, Penny

 
9780521672696: The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare's Comedies
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521672694 ISBN 13 : 9780521672696
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Why did theatre audiences laugh in Shakespeare's day? Why do they still laugh now? What did Shakespeare do with the conventions of comedy that he inherited, so that his plays continue to amuse and move audiences? What do his comedies have to say about love, sex, gender, power, family, community, and class? What place have pain, cruelty, and even death in a comedy? Why all those puns? In a survey that travels from Shakespeare's earliest experiments in farce and courtly love-stories to the great romantic comedies of his middle years and the mould-breaking experiments of his last decade's work, this book addresses these vital questions. Organised thematically, and covering all Shakespeare's comedies from the beginning to the end of his career, it provides readers with a map of the playwright's comic styles, showing how he built on comedic conventions as he further enriched the possibilities of the genre.

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À propos de l'auteur

Penny Gay is Professor of English and Drama at the University of Sydney.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521672694
ISBN 13 
9780521672696
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
164
Coordonnées du fabricant
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