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A Cultural History of Comedy in the Early Modern Age
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A Cultural History of Comedy in the Early Modern Age
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
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Drawing together scholars with a wide range of expertise across the
early modern period, this volume explores the rich field of early
modern comedy in all its variety. It argues that early modern
comedy was shaped by a series of cultural transformations that
included the emergence of the entertainment industry, the rise of
the professional comedian, extended commentaries on the nature of
comedy and laughter, and the development of printed jestbooks. It
was the prime site from which to satirize a rapidly-changing world
and explore the formation of new social relations around questions
of gender, authority, identity, and commerce, amongst others. Yet
even as it reacted to the novel and the new, comedy also served as
a receptacle for the celebration of older social rituals such as
May games and seasonal festivities. The result was a complex and
contested mix of texts, performances, and concepts providing a deep
tradition that abides to this day. Each chapter takes a different
theme as its focus: form, theory, praxis, identities, the body,
politics and power, laughter and ethics. These eight different
approaches to early modern comedy add up to an extensive, synoptic
coverage of the subject.
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Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
The Cultural Histories Series |
Release date: |
March 2024 |
Editors: |
Andrew McConnell Stott
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Series editors: |
Andrew McConnell Stott
• Eric Weitz
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Dimensions: |
244 x 169mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-350-44076-0 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-350-44076-0 |
Barcode: |
9781350440760 |
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