Shakespeare's Rhetoric of Comic Character: Dramatic Convention in Classical and Renaissance ComedyFirst 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. |
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Dramatic Convention in Classical and Renaissance Comedy Karen Newman. First published in 1985 Reprinted in 2005 by Routledge 2 Park Square , Milton Park , Abingdon , Oxon , OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group ...
Dramatic Convention in Classical and Renaissance Comedy Karen Newman. First published in 1985 Reprinted in 2005 by Routledge 2 Park Square , Milton Park , Abingdon , Oxon , OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group ...
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Dramatic Convention in Classical and Renaissance Comedy Karen Newman. First published in 1985 by Methuen Inc. 733 Third Avenue , New York NY 10017 Published in Great Britain by Methuen & Co. 11 New Fetter Lane , London EC4P 4EE 1985 ...
Dramatic Convention in Classical and Renaissance Comedy Karen Newman. First published in 1985 by Methuen Inc. 733 Third Avenue , New York NY 10017 Published in Great Britain by Methuen & Co. 11 New Fetter Lane , London EC4P 4EE 1985 ...
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Contents
Comic plot conventions in Measure for Measure | 20 |
Menander and New Comedy | 30 |
Plautus and Terence | 40 |
The enchantments of Circe | 57 |
X | 91 |
1 | 105 |
ឆ៩៩ | 120 |
42 | 138 |
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