Shakespeare's Rhetoric of Comic Character
1st Edition
Published on 11. October 2013
168 pages
978-1-136-55740-8 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1985.
In this revisionist history of comic characterization, Karen Newman argues that, contrary to received opinion, Shakespeare was not the first comic dramatist to create self-conscious characters who seem 'lifelike' or 'realistic'. His comic practice is firmly set within a comic tradition which stretches from Plautus and Menander to playwrights of the Italian Renaissance.
In this revisionist history of comic characterization, Karen Newman argues that, contrary to received opinion, Shakespeare was not the first comic dramatist to create self-conscious characters who seem 'lifelike' or 'realistic'. His comic practice is firmly set within a comic tradition which stretches from Plautus and Menander to playwrights of the Italian Renaissance.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
0,56 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-136-55740-8 (9781136557408)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Karen Newman
Shakespeare's Rhetoric of Comic Character
Dramatic Convention in Classical and Renaissance Comedy
Book
09/2008
1st Edition
Routledge
€70.60
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Karen Newman
Shakespeare's Rhetoric of Comic Character
Dramatic Convention in Classical and Renaissance Comedy
Book
12/2004
1st Edition
Routledge
€457.00
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Person
Karen Newman
Content
Introduction; Chapter 1 The inward springs; Chapter 2 Comic plot conventions in Measure for Measure; Chapter 3 Menander and New Comedy; Chapter 4 Plautus and Terence; Chapter 5 The enchantments of Circe; Chapter 6 'And all their minds transfigur'd'; Chapter 7 Magic versus time; Chapter 8 Mistaking in Much Ado; Chapter 9 Shakespeare's rhetoric of consciousness;
