{"product_id":"comedy-matters-from-shakespeare-to-stoppard-9781349372553","title":"Comedy Matters: From Shakespeare to Stoppard","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): W. Demastes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Theater - Playwriting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComedy Matters traces the long tradition of the expansive comic embrace of cultural difference and diversity that manages to survive even in some of mankind s darkest moments. Demastes argues that comedy has a hard-nosed, pragmatic dimension that can be mobilized against belligerent cultural forces. Drawing from the works of Shakespeare, Stoppard, and a number of other comic masters, Comedy Matters demonstrates how comedy continues to work against cultural regimentation by striving to re-calibrate our decision-making processes and challenging the stultifying rigidity of human economy in the broadest sense of the term.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45280690831511,"sku":"9781349372553","price":3672.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781349372553.webp?v=1769297038","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/comedy-matters-from-shakespeare-to-stoppard-9781349372553","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}