Shakespeare's Practical Jokes: An Introduction to the Comic in His WorkThere is a mountain of work on Shakespeare's comedies but very little on what, in all the plays, can be described as comic. This title approaches this topic via a number of practical joke episodes, some of them well known - the deceptions Hal and Poins practice on Falstaff, the tricking of Malvolio or Parolles. |
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... lord's party come across him as its members are heading home from a hunting trip , there is more than a whiff of moral outrage in the lord's response , O monstrous beast , how like a swine he lies ! Grim death , how foul and loathsome ...
... lord's party come across him as its members are heading home from a hunting trip , there is more than a whiff of moral outrage in the lord's response , O monstrous beast , how like a swine he lies ! Grim death , how foul and loathsome ...
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... lord's reputation is with the duke , he replies , “ The duke knows him for no other than a poor officer of mine " ( lines 147-48,194-95 ) . The apparent extrem- ity of his position strengthens rather than suppresses his disposition to ...
... lord's reputation is with the duke , he replies , “ The duke knows him for no other than a poor officer of mine " ( lines 147-48,194-95 ) . The apparent extrem- ity of his position strengthens rather than suppresses his disposition to ...
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... lord share these responses , which carry with them the moral authority the two lords have established in their opening discussion and are in obvious contrast to Bertram's . He is in a foul temper throughout . This is in part because the ...
... lord share these responses , which carry with them the moral authority the two lords have established in their opening discussion and are in obvious contrast to Bertram's . He is in a foul temper throughout . This is in part because the ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 11 |
Female Victims and Female Jokers | 32 |
The Privileges of Rank | 58 |
Copyright | |
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Shakespeare's Practical Jokes: An Introduction to the Comic in His Work David Ellis Limited preview - 2007 |
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