{"product_id":"comedy-matters-w-demastes-9781349372553","title":"Comedy Matters: From Shakespeare to Stoppard","description":"Comedy Matters traces the long tradition of the expansive comic embrace of cultural difference and diversity that manages to survive even in some of mankind s darkest moments. Demastes argues that comedy has a hard-nosed, pragmatic dimension that can be mobilized against belligerent cultural forces. Drawing from the works of Shakespeare, Stoppard, and a number of other comic masters, Comedy Matters demonstrates how comedy continues to work against cultural regimentation by striving to re-calibrate our decision-making processes and challenging the stultifying rigidity of human economy in the broadest sense of the term.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. Demastes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1349372552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781349372553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.48d","brand":"W. Demastes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47200576307455,"sku":"9781349372553","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_26e5174c-2d2d-48f3-8d5f-c9b6aa6579e6.jpg?v=1756787305","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/comedy-matters-w-demastes-9781349372553","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}