{"product_id":"beyond-a-common-joy-paul-a-olson-9780803215740","title":"Beyond a Common Joy: An Introduction to Shakespearean Comedy","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this engaging introduction to the 'First Folio' comedies, Paul Olson gives a persuasive account of Shakespeare's comic transcendence, showing how, by taking on the great themes of his time, he elevated comedy from a mere mid-level literary form to its own form of greatness, on par with epic and tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul A. Olson is Kate Foster Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the author of several books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Kingdom of Science: Literary Utopianism and British Education, 1612-1870\u003c\/em\u003e (Nebraska 2003) and \u003cem\u003eThe Journey to Wisdom: Self-Education in Patristic and Medieval Literature\u003c\/em\u003e (Nebraska 1995).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul A. Olson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803215746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803215740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.30d","brand":"Paul A. Olson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47610946617599,"sku":"9780803215740","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_596b1dbd-88b0-449c-8919-bc6c98e0a6e6.jpg?v=1764510736","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-a-common-joy-paul-a-olson-9780803215740","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}