{"product_id":"beyond-a-common-joy-an-introduction-to-shakespearean-comedy-9780803215740","title":"Beyond a Common Joy: An Introduction to Shakespearean Comedy","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paul A. Olson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Shakespeare\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this engaging introduction to the 'First Folio' comedies, Paul Olson gives a persuasive account of Shakespeare's comic transcendence, showing how, by taking on the great themes of his time, he elevated comedy from a mere mid-level literary form to its own form of greatness, on par with epic and tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul A. Olson is Kate Foster Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the author of several books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Kingdom of Science: Literary Utopianism and British Education, 1612-1870\u003c\/em\u003e (Nebraska 2003) and \u003cem\u003eThe Journey to Wisdom: Self-Education in Patristic and Medieval Literature\u003c\/em\u003e (Nebraska 1995).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47585804189847,"sku":"9780803215740","price":4780.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780803215740.webp?v=1774961716","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/beyond-a-common-joy-an-introduction-to-shakespearean-comedy-9780803215740","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}