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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... 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 Alexander Leggatt is ...
... 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 Alexander Leggatt is ...
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... drama (Comedy) – History and criticism. 2. Literary form. I. Title. PR631.L44 1998 822` .052309–dc21 98–12864 ISBN 0–415–18936–5 (hbk) ISBN 0–415–18937–3 (pbk) ISBN 0-203-00431-0 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-20523-5 (Glassbook Format) ...
... drama (Comedy) – History and criticism. 2. Literary form. I. Title. PR631.L44 1998 822` .052309–dc21 98–12864 ISBN 0–415–18936–5 (hbk) ISBN 0–415–18937–3 (pbk) ISBN 0-203-00431-0 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-20523-5 (Glassbook Format) ...
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... Drama, who over the years have contributed immeasurably to this project. My debt to them is part of a larger debt acknowledged in the dedication. Finally, I am grateful to the Killam Program of the Canada Council for the Killam Research ...
... Drama, who over the years have contributed immeasurably to this project. My debt to them is part of a larger debt acknowledged in the dedication. Finally, I am grateful to the Killam Program of the Canada Council for the Killam Research ...
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... drama, is a compelling statement of conventional wisdom: comedy which denies laughter is betraying itself as comedy. But the plays Goldsmith calls sentimental, though they did not eliminate laughter, restrained it in the interests of ...
... drama, is a compelling statement of conventional wisdom: comedy which denies laughter is betraying itself as comedy. But the plays Goldsmith calls sentimental, though they did not eliminate laughter, restrained it in the interests of ...
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... drama, with its 'profoundly sensitive treatment of youthful love and married life' and calls for an opening of the lines of communication between literary criticism and social history, to 'enable readers to negotiate beyond both the ...
... drama, with its 'profoundly sensitive treatment of youthful love and married life' and calls for an opening of the lines of communication between literary criticism and social history, to 'enable readers to negotiate beyond both the ...
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