Overview
First published in 1985. In this revisionist history of comic characterization, Karen Newman argues that, contrary to received opinion, Shakespeare was not the first comic dramatist to create self-conscious characters who seem 'lifelike' or 'realistic'. His comic practice is firmly set within a comic tradition which stretches from Plautus and Menander to playwrights of the Italian Renaissance.
- | Author: Karen Newman
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: Sep 26, 2008
- | Number of Pages: 158 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0415489083
- | ISBN-13: 9780415489089
