Shakespeare's Practical Jokes: An Introduction to the Comic in His Work

by David Ellis

There is a mountain of work on Shakespeare's comedies but very little on what, in all the plays, can be described as comic. This title approaches this topic via a number of practical joke episodes, some of them well known - the deceptions Hal and Poins practice on Falstaff, the tricking of Malvolio or Parolles.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0838756808
• ISBN13: 9780838756805
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Bucknell University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.2"