{"product_id":"humanist-comedy-alexander-welsh-9780300197518","title":"The Humanist Comedy","description":"For about three thousand years comedy has applied a welcome humanist perspective to the world's religious beliefs and practices. From the ancient Greek comedies of Aristophanes, the famous poem by Lucretius, and dialogues of Cicero to early modern and Enlightenment essays and philosophical texts, together with the inherent skepticism about life after death in tragicomedies by Plautus, Shakespeare, Molière, and nineteenth-century novels by such as Dickens and Hugo, the literary critic and historian Alexander Welsh analyzes the prevalence of openness of mind and relieving good humor in Western thought. \u003ci\u003eThe Humanist Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e concludes with close examination of a postmodern novel by the Nobel Prize winner José Saramago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Welsh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300197519\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300197518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.46h x 6.13w x 0.68d","brand":"Alexander Welsh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44128445595903,"sku":"9780300197518","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_32f27f03-4a0e-4453-a9c0-ee72c035ab5d.jpg?v=1687458720","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/humanist-comedy-alexander-welsh-9780300197518","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}