Shakespeare's Practical Jokes: An Introduction to the Comic in His WorkBucknell University Press, 2007 - 236 pàgines There is a mountain of work on Shakespeare's comedies but very little on what, in all the plays, can be described as comic. This title approaches this topic via a number of practical joke episodes, some of them well known - the deceptions Hal and Poins practice on Falstaff, the tricking of Malvolio or Parolles. |
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... matter . To object to the ideological imperative supposedly lurking behind Don Pedro's joke is to risk an objection to comedies in general , since most of them end in marriage ; and resenting the so- cial forces that prompt Beatrice to ...
... matter . To object to the ideological imperative supposedly lurking behind Don Pedro's joke is to risk an objection to comedies in general , since most of them end in marriage ; and resenting the so- cial forces that prompt Beatrice to ...
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An Introduction to the Comic in His Work David Ellis. this view of matters , the effort to see Falstaff " in his true colors ... matter with the cynical Don Alfonso , they foolishly agree to take part in the elaborate practi- cal joke he ...
An Introduction to the Comic in His Work David Ellis. this view of matters , the effort to see Falstaff " in his true colors ... matter with the cynical Don Alfonso , they foolishly agree to take part in the elaborate practi- cal joke he ...
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... matter of history ( different notions in different periods as to what constitutes a joke ) , one has to be clear ... matters most here is the implied claim that anyone can construct or interpret Shakespeare's writings in " whatever image ...
... matter of history ( different notions in different periods as to what constitutes a joke ) , one has to be clear ... matters most here is the implied claim that anyone can construct or interpret Shakespeare's writings in " whatever image ...
Continguts
Acknowledgments | 11 |
Female Victims and Female Jokers | 32 |
The Privileges of Rank | 58 |
Copyright | |
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