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1 online resource (239 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Courtliness and laughter; 2 Laughter and recreation in the Shakespearean theatre; 3 Early modern humour; 4 The Puritans and laughter; 5 Lear's Fool; Select bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. |
| Summary |
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. Laughter became bound up with questio. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Laughter in literature.
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Laughter in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ghose, Indira. Shakespeare and Laughter : A cultural history. Manchester : Manchester University Press, ©2008 9780719076923 |
| ISBN |
9781847791696 electronic book |
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1847791697 electronic book |
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9781781700983 electronic book |
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1781700982 electronic book |
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9780719076923 |
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0719076927 |
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