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portada A Cultural History of Comedy in the Early Modern Age
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Language
English
Pages
256
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
24.4 x 16.9 x 2.5 cm
Weight
0.45 kg.
ISBN13
9781350440760
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A Cultural History of Comedy in the Early Modern Age

Stott, Andrew Mcconnell ; Weitz, Eric (Author) · Bloomsbury Academic · Paperback

A Cultural History of Comedy in the Early Modern Age - Stott, Andrew McConnell ; Weitz, Eric

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Synopsis "A Cultural History of Comedy in the Early Modern Age"

Drawing together scholars with a wide range of expertise across the early modern period, this volume explores the rich field of early modern comedy in all its variety. It argues that early modern comedy was shaped by a series of cultural transformations that included the emergence of the entertainment industry, the rise of the professional comedian, extended commentaries on the nature of comedy and laughter, and the development of printed jestbooks. It was the prime site from which to satirize a rapidly-changing world and explore the formation of new social relations around questions of gender, authority, identity, and commerce, amongst others. Yet even as it reacted to the novel and the new, comedy also served as a receptacle for the celebration of older social rituals such as May games and seasonal festivities. The result was a complex and contested mix of texts, performances, and concepts providing a deep tradition that abides to this day. Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: form, theory, praxis, identities, the body, politics and power, laughter and ethics. These eight different approaches to early modern comedy add up to an extensive, synoptic coverage of the subject.

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