| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy
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Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Intro; Half Title; Series; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Series Editor's Preface; Dedication; 1. What's so Funny about Humours? Melancholy, Comedy and Revisionist Philosophy; 2. Comic Symmetry and English Melancholy; 3. Melancholic Dissonance and the Limits of Psycho-Humoralism; 4. Melancholic Ambience at the Comic Close; 5. Melancomic Time in Late Shakespeare; 6. The Philosophical Afterlives of Shakespearean Melancholy; Works Cited; Index. |
| Summary |
This richly contextualized study of Shakespeare's comic engagement with sadness contends that the playwright rethinks melancholy through comic theatre and conversely, re-theorizes comedy through melancholy. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Melancholy in literature.
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Melancholy in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1474417337 9781474417334 (OCoLC)1039935205 |
| ISBN |
9781474417341 (electronic book) |
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1474417345 (electronic book) |
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9781474417358 |
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1474417353 |
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9781474417334 |
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1474417337 |
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