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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Sharpe, Robert Boies, 1897- Irony in the drama. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press [1959] (OCoLC)587219835 |
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| Named Person: | William Shakespeare |
| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert Boies Sharpe |
| OCLC Number: | 300801 |
| Description: | 222 p. 23 cm. |
| Contents: | What is a drama? -- Irony and impersonation -- The levels of impersonation -- Forms of irony in drama -- William Shakespeare, ironist -- The cathartic process, shock, and the classical tragedy -- The cathartic process from the Middle Ages to the present -- A theory of comic shock -- Comic shock and comic catharsis in practice -- Modern trends in comedy -- Modern trends in tragedy. |
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- Drama.
- Irony in literature.
- English drama -- History and criticism.
- American drama -- History and criticism.
- Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Ironie (rhétorique) -- Dans la littérature.
- Théâtre (genre littéraire) anglais -- histoire et critique.
- Ironie.

