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Shakespeare's Rhetoric of Comic Character (Routledge Library Editions: Shakespeare)
Shakespeare's Rhetoric of Comic Character - Routledge Library Editions: Shakespeare
Author: Karen Newman
First published in 1985. — In this revisionist history of comic characterization, Karen Newman argues that, contrary to received opinion, Shakespeare was not the first comic dramatist to create self-conscious characters who seem 'lifelike' or 'realistic'. His comic practice is firmly set within a comic tradition which stretches from Plautus and ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780415352710
ISBN-10: 0415352711
Publication Date: 7/11/2005
Pages: 168
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Routledge
Book Type: Hardcover
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