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Book synopsis

"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.

Book details

Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Comedy Matters
• Subtitle: From Shakespeare to Stoppard
• Author: William W Demastes
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 203
• EAN: 9780230604711
• ISBN: 0230604714
• ID: 04555700
• Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• Weight: 354 g
• Dimensions: 147 × 210 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. July 2008

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