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Comedy Matters : From Shakespeare to Stoppard by William W. Demastes is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Comedy Matters : From Shakespeare to Stoppard about?
Comedy Matters traces the long tradition of the expansive comic embrace of cultural difference and diversity that manages to survive even in some of mankind s darkest moments. Demastes argues that comedy has a hard-nosed, pragmatic dimension that can be mobilized against belligerent cultural forces. Drawing from the works of Shakespeare, Stoppard, and a number of other comic masters, Comedy Matters demonstrates how comedy continues to work against cultural regimentation by striving to re-calibrate our decision-making processes and challenging the stultifying rigidity of human economy in the broadest sense of the term. Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2008
Who reads Comedy Matters : From Shakespeare to Stoppard?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- William W. Demastes
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781349372553
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Philosophy, Poetry
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