Shakespeare and laughter
a cultural history
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Author
Publication
2008 - Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, Manchester, England
Language
English
Word Count
57,500 words, Guess
Page Count
230 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100719076927
- ISBN-139780719076923
- Goodreads6802383
- Library of Congress Control Number2009275366
- OCLC Control Number237885944
and 3 more
- Better World Books9780719076923
- Better World BooksP9-CXV-545
- Open LibraryOL23175595M
Classifications
- DDC822.33
- LCCPR2994 .G48 2008
- LCCPR2994 .G57 2008
and 1 more
- LCCPR2981 G57 2008
Description
"This book examines laughter in the Shakespearean theatre in the context of a cultural history of early modern laughter. Aimed at an informed readership as well as graduate students and scholars in the field of Shakespeare studies, it is the first study to focus specifically on laughter, not comedy. It looks at various strands of the early modern discourse on laughter, ranging from medical treatises and courtesy manuals to Puritan tracts and jestbook literature. It argues that few cultural phenomena have undergone as radical a change in meaning as laughter."--Jacket.
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