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Beyond a common joy : an introduction to Shakespearean comedy /
"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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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 introduction to the First Folio comedies, Paul A. Olson gives a persuasive and thoroughly engrossing account of the playwright's comic transcendence, showing how Shakespeare, by taking on the great themes of his time, elevated comedy from a mere mid-level literary form to its own form of greatness--on par with epic and tragedy |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 347 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-332) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780803219472 0803219474 1281958522 9781281958525 9786611958527 6611958525 |