Ghose Shakespeare and laughter

A cultural history
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84779-169-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten

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 specifically on laughter, not comedy. It argues that since the early modern period a paradigm shift has taken place in our attitudes to laughter and the role pivotal role of Shakespeare in this.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ghose, Indira

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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