Shakespeare and laughter

Informationen zum Autor Indira Ghose is Professor of English Literature at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Klappentext This book examines laughter in the Shakespearean theatre in the context of a cultural history of early modern laughter. It is the first study to focus on laughter, not comedy, arguing that since the early modern period a paradigm shift has taken place in our attitudes to laughter and investigates the role Shakespeare played in this connection. Zusammenfassung This book examines laughter in the Shakespearean theatre in the context of a cultural history of early modern laughter. It is the first study to focus on laughter! not comedy! arguing that since the early modern period a paradigm shift has taken place in our attitudes to laughter and investigates the role Shakespeare played in this connection. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Courtliness and laughter2. Laughter and recreation in the Shakespearean theatre3. Early modern humour4. The Puritans and laughter5. Lear s foolSelect bibliographyIndex

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Indira Ghose is Professor of English Literature at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

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This book examines laughter in the Shakespearean theatre in the context of a cultural history of early modern laughter. It is the first study to focus on laughter, not comedy, arguing that since the early modern period a paradigm shift has taken place in our attitudes to laughter and investigates the role Shakespeare played in this connection.

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Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Courtliness and laughter 2. Laughter and recreation in the Shakespearean theatre 3. Early modern humour 4. The Puritans and laughter 5. Lear s fool Select bibliography Index