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Shakespeare's Rhetoric of Comic Character.
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 firm...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; A note on texts; Introduction; 1. The inward springs: Measure for Measure II, ii, 162-87; 2. Comic plot conventions in Measure for Measure; 3. Menander and New Comedy; 4. Plautus and Terence; 5. 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; Notes; Index of plays discussed.