Comedy

ISBN-13: 9781138231870 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 100 str.

Moelwyn Merchant

Opis

First published in 1972, this work pursues the question ‘what is comedy?’ In doing so, the book demonstrates the indefinable and flexible nature of comedy.

 

Spis treści

General Editor’s Preface; Prefatory Note; 1 The Status of Comedy 2. Psychological Theories of Comedy 3. The Classical World 4. ‘Comic Relief’ 5. ‘Comical-Satire’ and ‘Tragi-Comedy’ 6. The Ritual of Comedy 7. Certain Relationships of Comedy 8. The Aristophanic and Shakespearean Traditions; Conclusion: The Metaphysics of Comedy; Bibliography; Index

O autorze

Moelwyn Merchant