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  1. Beyond a common joy
    an introduction to Shakespearean comedy
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln ; EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA

    "Soul of the age!" Ben Jonson eulogized Shakespeare, and in the next breath, "He was not of an age but for all time." That he was both "of the age" and "for all time" is, this book suggests, the key to Shakespeare's comic genius. In this engaging... more

    Bibliothek der Hochschule Mainz, Untergeschoss
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    "Soul of the age!" Ben Jonson eulogized Shakespeare, and in the next breath, "He was not of an age but for all time." That he was both "of the age" and "for all time" is, this book suggests, the key to Shakespeare's comic genius. In this engaging introduction to the First Folio comedies, Paul A. Olson gives a persuasive and thoroughly engrossing account of the playwright's comic transcendence, showing how Shakespeare, by taking on the great themes of his time, elevated comedy from a mere mid-level literary form to its own form of greatness--on par with epic and tragedy.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780803219472; 0803219474; 1281958522; 9781281958525
    RVK Categories: HI 3391
    Subjects: Komödie
    Other subjects: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 347 pages), Illustrations, maps
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-332) and index

  2. Beyond a common joy
    an introduction to Shakespearean comedy
    Published: ©2008
    Publisher:  University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0803219474; 9780803219472
    RVK Categories: HI 3391
    Subjects: Shakespeare, William; LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare; DRAMA / Shakespeare; Comedy; Humorous plays; Comedy; Komödie
    Other subjects: Shakespeare, William / 1564-1616; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 347 pages)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-332) and index

    On historical understandings of Shakespeare's works -- Shakespeare and the invention of grand comic form -- Shakespearean comedic myths -- Biblical story and festival enter Shakespearean comedy -- Empire and conquest in the comedies -- Measure for measure as form, myth, and Scripture

    "Soul of the age!" Ben Jonson eulogized Shakespeare, and in the next breath, "He was not of an age but for all time." That he was both "of the age" and "for all time" is, this book suggests, the key to Shakespeare's comic genius. In this engaging introduction to the First Folio comedies, Paul A. Olson gives a persuasive and thoroughly engrossing account of the playwright's comic transcendence, showing how Shakespeare, by taking on the great themes of his time, elevated comedy from a mere mid-level literary form to its own form of greatness--on par with epic and tragedy

  3. Beyond a common joy
    an introduction to Shakespearean comedy
    Published: c2008
    Publisher:  University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln

    "Soul of the age!" Ben Jonson eulogized Shakespeare, and in the next breath, "He was not of an age but for all time." That he was both "of the age" and "for all time" is, this book suggests, the key to Shakespeare's comic genius. In this engaging... more

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    "Soul of the age!" Ben Jonson eulogized Shakespeare, and in the next breath, "He was not of an age but for all time." That he was both "of the age" and "for all time" is, this book suggests, the key to Shakespeare's comic genius. In this engaging introduction to the First Folio comedies, Paul A. Olson gives a persuasive and thoroughly engrossing account of the playwright's comic transcendence, showing how Shakespeare, by taking on the great themes of his time, elevated comedy from a mere mid-level literary form to its own form of greatness--on par with epic and tragedy

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780803219472; 0803219474
    Subjects: Comedy; Shakespeare, William; LITERARY CRITICISM ; Shakespeare; DRAMA ; Shakespeare; Comedy; Humorous plays; Humor
    Other subjects: Shakespeare, William 1564-1616; Shakespeare, William 1564-1616; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
    Scope: Online Ressource (xiv, 347 p.), ill., maps.
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-332) and index. - Description based on print version record