TY - BOOK ID - 23145907 TI - Shakespeare and comedy PY - 2006 VL - *2 SN - 1904271677 1904271448 9781904271444 9781904271673 1408143658 140814364X 1472555104 9781408143643 PB - London : Arden Shakespeare, DB - UniCat KW - Humor en geestigheid in de literatuur KW - Humor in literature KW - Humour dans la littérature KW - Shakespeare, William KW - Criticism and interpretation KW - Humor in literature. KW - Satire, English. KW - Shakespeare, William, KW - English satire KW - English wit and humor KW - Shakespear, William, KW - Shakspeare, William, KW - Šekʻspiri, Uiliam, KW - Saixpēr, Gouilliam, KW - Shakspere, William, KW - Shikisbīr, Wilyam, KW - Szekspir, Wiliam, KW - Šekspyras, KW - Shekspir, Vilʹi︠a︡m, KW - Šekspir, Viljem, KW - Tsikinya-chaka, KW - Sha-shih-pi-ya, KW - Shashibiya, KW - Sheḳspir, Ṿilyam, KW - Shaḳspir, Ṿilyam, KW - Syeiksŭpʻio, KW - Shekspir, V. KW - Szekspir, William, KW - Shakespeare, Guglielmo, KW - Shake-speare, William, KW - Sha-ō, KW - Şekspir, KW - Shekspir, Uiliam, KW - Shekspir, U. KW - Šekspir, Vilijam, KW - Ṣēkspiyar, Viliyam, KW - Shakspir, KW - Shekspyr, Vyli︠e︡m, KW - Şekspir, Velyam, KW - Ṣēkspiyar, Villiyam, KW - Shēkʻspʻiyr, Vlilliam, KW - Ṣēkspiyar, KW - Ṣēkspiyar Mahākavi, KW - Ṣēkspiyar Mahākaviya, KW - Sheḳspier, Ṿilyam, KW - Shēkʻspir, KW - Shakespeare, KW - Śeksper, KW - Шекспир, Вильям, KW - Шекспир, Уильям, KW - שייקספיר, וויליאם, KW - שייקספיר, וו., KW - שיקספיר, וויליאם KW - שיקספיר, ויליאם KW - שיקספיר, ויליאם, KW - שכספיר, ויליאם, KW - שכספיר, וילים, KW - שכספיר, ו׳ KW - שעפקספיר, וויליאם, KW - שעקספיער, וויליאם KW - שעקספיער, וויליאם, KW - שעקספיער, ווילליאם KW - שעקספיער, וו., KW - שעקספיר KW - שעקספיר, וו KW - שעקספיר, וויליאם, KW - שעקספיר, וויליאמ KW - שעקספיר, ווילליאם KW - שעקספיר, ווילליאם, KW - שעקספיר, וו., KW - שעקספיר, װיליאם, KW - שעקספיר, װילליאם, KW - שעקספיר, װ., KW - שעקספער KW - שעקספער, וויליאמ KW - שקספיר KW - שקספיר, וו KW - שקספיר, וויליאם KW - שקספיר, וויליאם, KW - שקספיר, ווילים, KW - שקספיר, וילאם KW - שקספיר, ויליאם KW - שקספיר, ויליאם, KW - שקספיר, ויליים, KW - שקספיר, וילים KW - שקספיר, וילים, KW - شاكسبير، وليم KW - شاكسپير، وليم KW - شكسبير، وليام KW - شكسبير، وليم KW - شكسبير، وليم، KW - شكسبير، و. KW - شكسپير، وليم KW - شكسپير، ويليام KW - شيكسبير، وليام KW - شيكسبير، وليام.، KW - شيكسبير، وليم KW - شکسبير، وليم KW - وليم شکسبير KW - 沙士北亞威廉姆, KW - 沙士比亞威廉姆, KW - 莎士比亞威廉姆, KW - 莎士比亞威廉, KW - 莎士比亞, KW - Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) KW - Shakespeare, William (1564-1616 ) KW - Humour KW - Critique et interprétation KW - Contribution à la comédie KW - Dans la littérature UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:23145907 AB - Comedy was at the centre of a fierce controversy that raged from the opening of the first purpose-built playhouse in 1576 to the closure of the theatres in 1642. Shakespeare's plays made capital of this controversy. In them he repeatedly invokes the case made against comedy by the theatre-haters: that it perverts the young and incites the old to gross political and social misconduct. His plays are filled with jokes that go too far, laughter that hurts its victims, wordplay that turns to swordplay, and acts of comic rebellion and revenge that threaten destruction to individuals, families and even states. His comedy is unsettling, and this is part of what makes it pleasurable. Shakespeare and Comedy traces Shakespeare's exploration of the precarious status of the comic and the question of comic timing through close examination of eleven of his plays. This illuminating study succeeds in recapturing the sense of danger as well as delight that attached itself to theatrical laughter in Shakespeare's lifetime. ER -