Shakespeare's Rhetoric of Comic Character

By Karen Newman

Book Overview

In this revisionist history of comic characterization, Karen Newman argues that, contrary to received opinion, Shakespeare was not the first comic dramatist to create self-conscious characters who seem "lifelike" or "realistic".

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415352711
• ISBN13: 9780415352710
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.8"