Comedy: An Introduction to Comedy in Literature, Drama, and Cinema

by T.G.A. Nelson

Book Overview

From Plautus, Cervantes, and Charles Dickens to Evelyn Waugh, Joseph Heller, and Tom Stoppard, from A Midsummer Night's Dream to Arsenic and Old Lace and Woody Allen, this concise and readable book provides a thorough introduction to comic criticism. Nelson argues that there are significant recurring patterns of comedy, both in the classics and in more popular and commercial works. He discusses such themes as the link between comedy and carnival,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192892207
• ISBN13: 9780192892201
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.