The Comedy of Evil on Shakespeare's StageConcerned with the conventionally comic representation of evil on the English Renaissance stage. |
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... civilization is a supreme " good , " and evil is con- tinually associated with the barbaric . In the climactic ro- mances , " civility " is the focus of virtue . As Imogen puts it in Cymbeline , " breach of custom is breach of all ...
... civilization is a supreme " good , " and evil is con- tinually associated with the barbaric . In the climactic ro- mances , " civility " is the focus of virtue . As Imogen puts it in Cymbeline , " breach of custom is breach of all ...
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... civilization ) and hires musicians to serenade ( and " pene- trate " ) the pure Imogen . His crude lapse into bawdy double meaning is in sharp contrast both to the chaste object of his base intentions and to the charming lyric offered ...
... civilization ) and hires musicians to serenade ( and " pene- trate " ) the pure Imogen . His crude lapse into bawdy double meaning is in sharp contrast both to the chaste object of his base intentions and to the charming lyric offered ...
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... civilization must be purged of its base ele- ments , and purgation can only follow the laughter of rec- ognition . In the rarefied atmosphere of the romances , the comedy of evil functions to provide this laughter of recogni- tion . 5 ...
... civilization must be purged of its base ele- ments , and purgation can only follow the laughter of rec- ognition . In the rarefied atmosphere of the romances , the comedy of evil functions to provide this laughter of recogni- tion . 5 ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Demonic Humor in the Arts | 32 |
Morality and Mockery | 54 |
Copyright | |
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