Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 38Gale Research Company, 1998 |
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Page 207
... comic . The comic involves a conscious perception of dispro- portion in mental and physical effort to the end at- tained . In situations of reception , exaggeration or imi- tation the adult reduces himself or the other to the level of ...
... comic . The comic involves a conscious perception of dispro- portion in mental and physical effort to the end at- tained . In situations of reception , exaggeration or imi- tation the adult reduces himself or the other to the level of ...
Page 276
... comic humiliation . The pattern of comic instruction apparently remains . the same apparent frustration and actual , if symbolic , fulfillment of the victim's desires . As in the first trick , Mistress Ford and Mistress Page unwittingly ...
... comic humiliation . The pattern of comic instruction apparently remains . the same apparent frustration and actual , if symbolic , fulfillment of the victim's desires . As in the first trick , Mistress Ford and Mistress Page unwittingly ...
Page 277
... comic satisfaction than they anticipate when Shakespeare accommodates comic convention to welcome the greasy knight into Windsor . Notes In using Piaget , I am following the valuable sugges- tion of Dennis Huston in Shakespeare's ...
... comic satisfaction than they anticipate when Shakespeare accommodates comic convention to welcome the greasy knight into Windsor . Notes In using Piaget , I am following the valuable sugges- tion of Dennis Huston in Shakespeare's ...
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