a cultural history
Edición de la obra Shakespeare and laughter
| Autor | Indira Ghose |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Manchester University Press, Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave |
| Fecha de publicación | 2008 |
| Lugar | Manchester, New York, New York |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 230 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780719076923 |
| ISBN-10 | 0719076927 |
| OCLC | 237885944 |
| LCCN | 2009275366 |
| Número de Cutter |
G427s"This book examines laughter in the Shakespearean theatre in the context of a cultural history of early modern laughter. Aimed at an informed readership as well as graduate students and scholars in the field of Shakespeare studies, it is the first study to focus specifically on laughter, not comedy. It looks at various strands of the early modern discourse on laughter, ranging from medical treatises and courtesy manuals to Puritan tracts and jestbook literature. It argues that few cultural phenomena have undergone as radical a change in meaning as laughter."--Jacket.