The death of comedy
Segal, Erich [1937-2010.]
The death of comedy - Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press 2001 - xi, 589 pages ; 23 cm
0674012479 Includes bibliographical references and index. In a grand tour of comic theater over the centuries, Erich Segal traces the evolution of the classical form from its early origins in a misogynistic quip by the sixth-century B.C. Susarion, through countless weddings and happy endings, to the exasperated monosyllables of Samuel Beckett. The death of comedy revisits the obscenities and raucous twists of Aristophanes, the neighborly pleasantries of Menander, the tomfoolery and farce of Plautus. Segal shows how the ribaldry of foiled adultery, a staple of Roman comedy, reappears in force on the stages of Restoration England. 2018
0674012479
Comedy
809.917
The death of comedy - Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press 2001 - xi, 589 pages ; 23 cm
0674012479 Includes bibliographical references and index. In a grand tour of comic theater over the centuries, Erich Segal traces the evolution of the classical form from its early origins in a misogynistic quip by the sixth-century B.C. Susarion, through countless weddings and happy endings, to the exasperated monosyllables of Samuel Beckett. The death of comedy revisits the obscenities and raucous twists of Aristophanes, the neighborly pleasantries of Menander, the tomfoolery and farce of Plautus. Segal shows how the ribaldry of foiled adultery, a staple of Roman comedy, reappears in force on the stages of Restoration England. 2018
0674012479
Comedy
809.917