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Comedy Matters: From Shakespeare to Stoppard (2008)

by W Demastes
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Jul 2008
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Comedy Matters traces the long tradition of the expansive comic embrace of cultural difference and diversity that manages to survive even in some of mankind s darkest moments. Demastes argues that comedy has a hard-nosed, pragmatic dimension that can be mobilized against belligerent cultural forces. Drawing from the works of Shakespeare, Stoppard, and a number of other comic masters, Comedy Matters demonstrates how comedy continues to work against cultural regimentation by striving to re-calibrate our decision-making processes and challenging the stultifying rigidity of human economy in the broadest sense of the term.

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PublishedJul 1, 2008
ISBN-101349372552
ISBN-139781349372553
LanguageEnglish

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