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... comedy serves to keep man sane and his society healthy , normal , and cohesive . The kind of comedy here described employs satire , mild or sharp . There is another kind of comedy that shows the triumph of normal and sympathetic human ...
... comedy serves to keep man sane and his society healthy , normal , and cohesive . The kind of comedy here described employs satire , mild or sharp . There is another kind of comedy that shows the triumph of normal and sympathetic human ...
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... comedy should know George Meredith's An Essay on The Idea of Comedy and the Uses of the Comic Spirit , first delivered as a lecture in 1877 . Though Meredith's theory of comedy is too narrowly restricted , what he has to say is ...
... comedy should know George Meredith's An Essay on The Idea of Comedy and the Uses of the Comic Spirit , first delivered as a lecture in 1877 . Though Meredith's theory of comedy is too narrowly restricted , what he has to say is ...
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Hubert C. Heffner. Comedy is sometimes considered the antithesis of tragedy . This is wrong . Comedy and tragedy are complementary forms , not op- posites . A comic action is one that is based upon an a - normality in character or ...
Hubert C. Heffner. Comedy is sometimes considered the antithesis of tragedy . This is wrong . Comedy and tragedy are complementary forms , not op- posites . A comic action is one that is based upon an a - normality in character or ...
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Theatre Arts | 3 |
Setting for The Caucasian Chalk Circle | 23 |
Analysis of Plays | 30 |
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