Comedy Matters: From Shakespeare to Stoppard

by William W. Demastes

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230604714
• ISBN13: 9780230604711
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.2"