{"product_id":"shakespeares-rhetoric-of-comic-character-1","title":"Shakespeare's Rhetoric of Comic Character","description":"First published in 1985.\n\nIn this revisionist history of comic characterization, Karen Newman argues that, contrary to received opinion, Shakespeare was not the first comic dramatist to create self-conscious characters who seem 'lifelike' or 'realistic'. His comic practice is firmly set within a comic tradition which stretches from Plautus and Menander to playwrights of the Italian Renaissance.","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54240486490456,"sku":"9780415489089","price":61.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415489089.jpg?v=1778576434","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/shakespeares-rhetoric-of-comic-character-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}