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Ancient Scripts and Modern Experience on the English Stage, 1500-1700
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Ancient Scripts and Modern Experience on the English Stage, 1500-1700
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Bruce R. Smith
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:304 | Dimensions(mm): Height 279,Width 216 |
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Category/Genre | Drama |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780691606064
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Classifications | Dewey:792.0941 |
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Audience | Tertiary Education (US: College) | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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Publication Date |
14 July 2014 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Unlike the contrast between the sacred and the taboo, the opposition of "comic" and "tragic" is not a way of categorizing experience that we find in cultures all over the world or even at different periods in Western civilization. Though medieval writers and readers distinguished stories with happy endings from stories with unhappy endings, it was
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