English Comedy: Its Role and Nature from Chaucer to the Present DayChatto & Windus, 1975 - 288 Seiten |
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... farce ' ; rightly so , since comedy is more likely to produce literature of value , farce , of entertainment . Unlike comedy , farce requires no effort of appreciation , issues no challenge . Other distinguishing characteristics set off ...
... farce ' ; rightly so , since comedy is more likely to produce literature of value , farce , of entertainment . Unlike comedy , farce requires no effort of appreciation , issues no challenge . Other distinguishing characteristics set off ...
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... farce as ' Comedy with the meaning left out ' . In comedy , that is to say , laughter is a means to an end ; in farce the means is the end : it is purposeless - but not therefore motiveless . Knock- about farce is often unconsciously ...
... farce as ' Comedy with the meaning left out ' . In comedy , that is to say , laughter is a means to an end ; in farce the means is the end : it is purposeless - but not therefore motiveless . Knock- about farce is often unconsciously ...
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... farce or nonsense verse . Moreover , what may seem mocking is often not so . Thus , the Interlude De Clerico et Puella ( available in Early English Texts , ed . Bruce Dickins and R. M. Wilson , Cam- bridge 1951 ) is a farce , and the ...
... farce or nonsense verse . Moreover , what may seem mocking is often not so . Thus , the Interlude De Clerico et Puella ( available in Early English Texts , ed . Bruce Dickins and R. M. Wilson , Cam- bridge 1951 ) is a farce , and the ...
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Acknowledgements page | 9 |
Origin and Nature of Comedy | 17 |
Critical Terminology | 28 |
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