| Shakespeare's Rhetoric of Comic Character Contributor(s): Newman, Karen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415489083 ISBN-13: 9780415489089 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.44 lbs) 158 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |