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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... Other places 5 Parents and children 6 Negotiations 7 Comedy against itself Conclusion Notes Appendix Index ix 16 36 58 75 94 113 136 158 161 174 178 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS As this project has developed over the years I vii CONTENTS.
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... another sees the strong-willed heroines of Goldsmith's The Good-Natured Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1773) ... other. Stage comedy, at once socially aware and highly formalized, is an ideal site for such a study. Part of comedy's ...
... another sees the strong-willed heroines of Goldsmith's The Good-Natured Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1773) ... other. Stage comedy, at once socially aware and highly formalized, is an ideal site for such a study. Part of comedy's ...
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... Others are left for the knowing members of the audience to pick up on their own, the slyness of the reference implying a compliment to their knowledge. In both cases, though more powerfully in the latter, the playwright bonds with the ...
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... another'.10 Incongruity, disconnection, jostling – all imply a discomfort that stands against the harmonious ... others ate their moccasins.13 You never laugh at anything nice. A comedy that ends with a laugh is a comedy that ends not ...
... another'.10 Incongruity, disconnection, jostling – all imply a discomfort that stands against the harmonious ... others ate their moccasins.13 You never laugh at anything nice. A comedy that ends with a laugh is a comedy that ends not ...
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