Comedy: A Very Short Introduction

Comedy: A Very Short Introduction
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 169
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ISBN-10 : 9780199601714
ISBN-13 : 0199601712
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Book Synopsis Comedy: A Very Short Introduction by : Matthew Bevis

Download or read book Comedy: A Very Short Introduction written by Matthew Bevis and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a broad scope across the millennia, from high literature to popular culture, between page and stage and screen, this Very Short Introduction considers comedy not only as a literary genre, but also as a broader impulse at work in many other historical and contemporary forms of satire, parody, and play.


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