The art of comedy writing /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Berger, Arthur Asa, 1933-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, 2011.
Temas:
Wit and humor > Authorship.
Wit and humor > History and criticism.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
Wit and humor
Wit and humor > Authorship
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Comic Techniques in Dramatic Comedies
  • On Personal Style and Other Styles
  • On Comic Techniques
  • Basic Techniques of Humor Generation and Style
  • On Performance and Theatrical Matters
  • A Note on Personality Types in Comedies
  • Comic Techniques and the Study of Comedies
  • The Braggart Captain: Miles Gloriosus
  • and
  • The Plot of Miles Gloriosus
  • Establishing the Character of Pyrgopolinices
  • The Complication
  • On the Singular Devices of Comedy
  • A Philosophical Digression on Love, Marriage,
  • And Family RelationshipsA Final Note on the Techniques of Humor
  • Conclusions
  • Make What You Will of Comedy: Twelfth Night
  • Introducing the Characters
  • Names of the Characters
  • Wordplay and the Uses of Language
  • Feste and the Abuses of Logic
  • The Problem of Identity
  • The Importance of Appearances
  • Malvolioâ€?s Fantasy
  • Discrepant Awareness and Comedy
  • The Trout that was Caught with Tickling
  • No Trusting to Appearances: The School for Scandal
  • The Plot
  • Names of Characters
  • On Mistakes Made by Gossipers and Their Use of Insult
  • Old Husbands and Young WivesA Further Complication: Sir Oliver Surface Surfaces
  • A Comic Denouement
  • On Sheridanâ€?s Comic Devices
  • A Final Impersonation
  • Conclusions
  • The Devices of Absurdity: The Bald Soprano
  • On the Origins of the Play
  • Mr. and Mrs. Smith and the Problem of Rationality
  • On the Uses and Abuses of Logic
  • On the Death of Bobby Watson
  • The Many Bobby Watsons
  • Ionesco on the Matter of Deduction
  • The Problem of Empiricism
  • On the Matter of Absurdity
  • Beyond Devices
  • On the Social Significance of Techniques
  • A Disquisition on LaughterOn Comedy and Tragedy
  • On Comedy Writing and Code Violations
  • Conclusions
  • A General Bibliography of Humor
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index

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