Reader in Comedy
An Anthology of Theory and Criticism
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Word Count
98,000 words, Guess
Page Count
392 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL27452779M
- ISBN-139781474247894
- ISBN-10147424789X
- OCLC Control Number967028602
- OCLC Control Number962434243
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- Amazon147424789X
Classifications
- LCCPN1922
Description
This book presents a selection of over seventy of the most important historical essays on comedy, ranging from antiquity to the present, divided into historical periods and arranged chronologically. Across its span it traces the development of comic theory, highlighting the relationships between comedy, politics, economics, philosophy, religion, and other arts and genres.
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