A Cultural History of Comedy in the Early Modern Age
Stott, Andrew McConnell / Stott, Andrew McConnell / Weitz, Eric
Drawing together scholars with a wide range of expertise across the early modern period, this volume explores the rich field of early modern comedy in all its variety. It argues that early modern comedy was shaped by a series of cultural transformations that included the emergence of the entertainment industry, the rise of the professional comedian, extended commentaries on the nature of comedy and laughter, and the development of printed jest...
