{"product_id":"english-comedy-paperback-9780521032902","title":"English Comedy (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521032902","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEnglish Comedy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA wide-ranging examination of the traditions of comic writing in England.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Cordner (Edited by), Peter Holland (Edited by), John Kerrigan (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521032902, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 January 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e340 pages, 6 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.507 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhy does comedy matter? Is it celebratory or subversive? What makes it flourish, and which creative forces resist it? English Comedy addresses these and related questions by invoking a variety of works from Aristophanes to Walt Disney, while focusing on the traditions of comic writing in England. Poetry, the novel and (above all) drama are examined to assess the constrictions and liberations of genre, the negotiations or divergences between comic practice and theory, and the dynamics of theatrical language. Ranging from medieval and Renaissance drama through Romantic poetry to twentieth-century literature and philosophy, English Comedy makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the heritage of comic writing.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Notes on contributors\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction Michael Cordner, Peter Holland and John Kerrigan\u003cbr\u003e 2. Crab's pedigree Richard Beadle\u003cbr\u003e 3. The comedian as the character C Stephen Orgel\u003cbr\u003e 4. Mixed verse and prose in Shakespearean comedy Jonas Barish\u003cbr\u003e 5. Much Ado About Nothing: the unsociable comedy Barbara Everett\u003cbr\u003e 6. Laughter, forgetting and Shakespeare Adrian Poole\u003cbr\u003e 7. Enigmatic Ben Jonson John Creaser\u003cbr\u003e 8. A New Way to Pay Old Debts: Massinger's grim comedy Martin Butler\u003cbr\u003e 9. 'Thou teachest me humanitie': Thomas Heywood's The English Traveller Richard Rowland\u003cbr\u003e 10. Etherege's She Would If She Could: comedy, complaisance and anti-climax Michael Cordner\u003cbr\u003e 11. Rhyming as comedy: body, ghost and banquet Gillian Beer\u003cbr\u003e 12. Wordsworthian comedy Jonathan Wordsworth\u003cbr\u003e 13. Apeing romanticism Jonathan Bate\u003cbr\u003e 14. A complete history of comic noses John Kerrigan\u003cbr\u003e 15. Noël Coward and comic geometry Peter Holland\u003cbr\u003e 16. Ludwig Wittgenstein and the comedy of errors Eric Griffiths\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006225633560,"sku":"9780521032902","price":30.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521032902i_a42af98f-626c-4163-aa38-5d2356ddf795.jpg?v=1694965054","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/english-comedy-paperback-9780521032902","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}