{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-comedy-robert-maslen-9781904271444","title":"Shakespeare And Comedy","description":"Comedy was at the centre of a critical storm that raged throughout the early modern period. Shakespeare's plays made capital of this controversy. In them he deliberately invokes the case against comedy made by the Elizabethan theatre haters. They are filled with jokes that go too far, laughter that hurts its victims, wordplay that turns to swordplay and aggressive acts of comic revenge. Through a detailed study which considers tragedies and histories as well as comedies, Maslen contends that Shakespeare's use of the comic mode is always calculatedly unsettling, and that this is part of what makes it pleasurable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Maslen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1904271448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781904271444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.83h x 7.53w x 0.54d","brand":"Robert Maslen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939108389119,"sku":"9781904271444","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_28b4282c-0360-4aa9-a343-a29aeca04848.jpg?v=1681439545","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shakespeare-and-comedy-robert-maslen-9781904271444","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}