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This book presents a selection of over seventy of the most important historical essays on comedy, ranging from antiquity to the present, divided into historical periods and arranged chronologically. Across its span it traces the development of comic theory, highlighting the relationships between comedy, politics, economics, philosophy, religion, and other arts and genres.
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3 editions- Hardcover · English · 2016Methuen Drama · 392 pages · 9781474247894
- Other · English · 2016Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 9781474247900
- Other · English · 2016Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 9781474247917
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