{"product_id":"lovers-clowns-and-fairies-1","title":"Lovers, Clowns, and Fairies","description":"Through dreams and shadows and strangeness, through blinding charms and eye-opening counter-charms, through moments of mortification and laughter—thus Stuart M. Tave traces the journey of the lovers, clowns, and fairies who populate comedies from \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Godot\u003c\/i\u003e. Tave avoids the pitfalls of theory, taking instead a close look at particular works to give us a sense of the relations between certain dramas and novels that are called comedies. The result is a wonderfully readable book that renews our delight in the enchanting possibilities of literature. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, in its \"perfection,\" is Tave's point of departure. Its characters fall neatly into the three groups of Tave's title and fulfill to perfection their functions of desire, foolishness, and power. From the magical concord of Shakespeare's resolution, Tave moves to works whose character face ever greater difficulties in reaching a happy conclusion. From Jonson and Austen to Chekhov and Beckett, he meets comedies on their own terms, illuminating the complex and individual genius of each. A masterpiece of practical criticism, \u003ci\u003eLovers, Clowns, and Fairies\u003c\/i\u003e rediscovers the pleasure of reading comedies.","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54218521903448,"sku":"9780226790190","price":93.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/lovers-clowns-and-fairies-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}