Publication

2016-12-29 - Methuen Drama

Language

English

Word Count

98,000 words, Guess

Page Count

392 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

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  • Amazon147424789X

Classifications

  • LCCPN1922

Description

This book presents a selection of over seventy of the most important historical essays on comedy, ranging from antiquity to the present, divided into historical periods and arranged chronologically. Across its span it traces the development of comic theory, highlighting the relationships between comedy, politics, economics, philosophy, religion, and other arts and genres.

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Other Editions

  • Reader in Comedy: An Anthology of Theory and CriticismHardcoverMethuen Drama2016-12-29

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