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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 »Menander to playwrights of the Italian Renaissance.« less