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Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors : a psycho -semiotic analysis / Arthur Asa Berger.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR2804 .B47 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berger, Arthur Asa, 1933- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Comedy of errors.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Comedy of errors (Shakespeare, William).
- Physical Description:
- vi, 96 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London, UK: Anthem Press, 2022.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
- How Did I Get Here?
- My Books on Humor
- Takeaways
- 2. Theories of Humor
- Why We Laugh
- Aristotle and Superiority Theories of Comedy
- Incongruity and Humor
- Psychoanalytic (Release) Theories of Humor
- Humor and Paradox
- Disposition Theory
- Benign Violation Theory
- 3. Semiotics and Humor
- An Overview of Semiotics
- Metaphor
- Metonymy
- Language and Speech
- Codes
- Humor and Code Violations
- Syntagmatic Analysis of Texts
- Propp's 31 Functions of Characters
- Paradigmatic Analysis of Texts
- 4. Glossary: The
- Techniques of Humor
- The 45 Techniques of Humor
- Basic Techniques of Humor Generation and Style
- A Note on Personality Types in Comedies
- 5. The Comedy of Errors
- The Persons of the Play
- Synopsis of The Comedy of Errors
- What is Comedy?
- On the Psychoanalytic Significance of Doubles
- On Comedic Violence
- The Madness Scene
- The Resolution of The Comedy of Errors
- Basic Humorous Techniques in The Comedy of Errors
- A Paradigmatic Analysis of The Comedy of Errors
- A Syntagmatic Analysis of The Comedy of Errors
- 6. Coda
- The Importance of Twins
- Semiotics and Comedy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-92) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 1839984988
- 9781839984983
- OCLC:
- 1292974104
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