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<p>In these essays Northrop Frye addresses a question which preoccupied him throughout his long and distinguished career – the conception of comedy, particularly Shakespearean comedy, and its relation to human experience.</p><br><p>In most forms of comedy, and certainly in the New Comedy with which Shakespeare was concerned, the emphasis is on moving towards a climax in which the end incorporates the beginning. Such a climax is a vision of deliverance or expanded energy and freedom. Frye draws o

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Author

Northrop Frye

Publisher

University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802065032

Category

literary studies

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Shakespeare, Humor

Updated

2026-03-24