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Shakespearean Melancholy
- Philosophy, Form and the Transformation of Comedy
Engelsk Paperback
Shakespearean Melancholy
- Philosophy, Form and the Transformation of Comedy
Engelsk Paperback

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Iconic as Hamlet is, Shakespearean comedy showcases an extraordinary reliance on melancholy that ultimately reminds us of the porous demarcation between laughter and sorrow. This richly contextualized study of Shakespeare''s comic engagement with sadness contends that the playwright rethinks melancholy through comic theatre and conversely, re-theorizes comedy through melancholy. In fashioning his own comic interpretation of the humour, Shakespeare distils an impressive array of philosophical discourses on the matter, from Aristotle to Robert Burton and as a result, transforms the theoretical afterlife of both notions. The book suggests that the deceptively potent sorrow at the core of plays such as The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, or The Winter''s Tale influences modern accounts of melancholia elaborated by Sigmund Freud, Judith Butler, and others. What''s so funny about melancholy in Shakespearean comedy? It might just be its reminder that, behind roaring laughter, one inevitably finds the subtle pangs of melancholy.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
264
ISBN-13:
9781474462716
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1474462715
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
31 maj 2020
Længde:
30mm
Bredde:
154mm
Højde:
233mm
Forlag:
Edinburgh University Press
Oplagsdato:
31 maj 2020
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge