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This book examines laughter in the Shakespearean theatre in the context of a cultural history of early modern laughter. It is the first study to focus on laughter, not comedy, arguing that since the early modern period a paradigm shift has taken place in our attitudes to laughter and investigates the role Shakespeare played in this connection.

Trade Review

Shakespeare and Laughter is ambitiously wide-ranging
Ruth Morse, Times Literary Supplement, 17th October 2008, p.23

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Courtliness and laughter
2. Laughter and recreation in the Shakespearean theatre
3. Early modern humour
4. The Puritans and laughter
5. Lear´s fool
Select bibliography
Index

Shakespeare and Laughter A Cultural History

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 9/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719087004, 978-0719087004
      ISBN10: 0719087007

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book examines laughter in the Shakespearean theatre in the context of a cultural history of early modern laughter. It is the first study to focus on laughter, not comedy, arguing that since the early modern period a paradigm shift has taken place in our attitudes to laughter and investigates the role Shakespeare played in this connection.

      Trade Review

      Shakespeare and Laughter is ambitiously wide-ranging
      Ruth Morse, Times Literary Supplement, 17th October 2008, p.23

      -- .

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements
      Introduction
      1. Courtliness and laughter
      2. Laughter and recreation in the Shakespearean theatre
      3. Early modern humour
      4. The Puritans and laughter
      5. Lear´s fool
      Select bibliography
      Index

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