English Stage Comedy 1490-1990Alexander Leggatt Routledge, 31. 1. 2002 - 192 strán (strany) First published in 2004. English stage comedy has weathered centuries of social and theatrical change. How did it survive? English Stage Comedy 1490–1990 is a unique and beautifully written study of the comedy of the English stage from the Tudor period to the late twentieth century. Organized thematically, it shows how this remarkably enduring genre has dealt with the tensions of social life, using its conventions as tools for social inquiry. Through an examination of comedy Alexander Leggatt demonstrates that an approach through genre, neglected in recent criticism, can have much to say about our current concerns with the relations between literature and society. English Stage Comedy 1490–1990 surveys five centuries of classic comic drama, focusing on major playwrights such as: Shakespeare, Jonson, Etherege, Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, Goldsmith, Sheridan, Wilde, Shaw, Coward, Orton, Ayckbourn and many lesser-known figures. |
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... declares: 'A sorting by genre is valid if the concept of genre was entertained by the writer and his contemporary readers. For in this case the expectations associated with the concept were effective in forming both the work and the ...
... declares: 'A sorting by genre is valid if the concept of genre was entertained by the writer and his contemporary readers. For in this case the expectations associated with the concept were effective in forming both the work and the ...
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... declares, 'I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old books, old wine; and I believe, Dorothy, (taking her hand) you'll own I have been pretty fond of an old wife' (I.i.20–23) he is setting up Clive Champion-Cheney in ...
... declares, 'I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old books, old wine; and I believe, Dorothy, (taking her hand) you'll own I have been pretty fond of an old wife' (I.i.20–23) he is setting up Clive Champion-Cheney in ...
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... declares that to revive the old tradition now would be 'an affront to the dignity of the atomic-age audience'.29 As I hope to show, these reports of comedy's death are greatly exaggerated. They prevent us from noticing how much fresh ...
... declares that to revive the old tradition now would be 'an affront to the dignity of the atomic-age audience'.29 As I hope to show, these reports of comedy's death are greatly exaggerated. They prevent us from noticing how much fresh ...
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... declares, 'What has just taken place is perfectly scandalous and had better go no farther than these three walls' (II.p.271). While Diccon enlists the audience in his misdemeanours, Orton's characters try to hide theirs. But the missing ...
... declares, 'What has just taken place is perfectly scandalous and had better go no farther than these three walls' (II.p.271). While Diccon enlists the audience in his misdemeanours, Orton's characters try to hide theirs. But the missing ...
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