Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 241 Seiten)
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9781350187696
Series Statement:
Cultural history of comedy volume 3
Content:
Introduction / by Andrew McConnell Stott -- Form / by Megan Herrold -- Theory / by James Loxley -- Praxis / by Lucy Munro -- Identities / by Maya Mathur -- The body / by Will Stockton -- Politics and power / by Douglas Bruster -- Laughter / by Indira Ghose -- Ethics / by Stephen Wisker.
Content:
Early modern comedy was shaped by a series of cultural transformations that included the emergence of the entertainment industry, the rise of the professional comedian, extended commentaries on the nature of comedy and laughter, and the development of printed jestbooks. It was the prime site from which to satirize a rapidly-changing world and explore the formation of new social relations around questions of gender, authority, identity, and commerce, amongst others. Yet even as it reacted to the novel and the new, comedy also served as a receptacle for the celebration of older social rituals such as May games and seasonal festivities. The result was a complex and contested mix comic of texts, performances, and concepts providing a deep tradition that abides to this day. Drawing together scholars with a wide range of expertise across the early modern period, this volume explores the rich field of early modern comedy in all its variety. Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: form, theory, praxis, identities, the body, politics and power, laughter and ethics. These eight different approaches to early modern comedy add up to an extensive, synoptic coverage of the subject
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350000735
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781350187696
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