Shakespeare and laughter —— A cultural history

----- 莎士比亚和笑声：文化史

ISBN: 9780719087004 出版年：2013 页码：239 Ghose, Indira Manchester University Press

This book examines laughter in the Shakespearean theatre in the context of a cultural history of early modern laughter. It is the first study to focus specifically on laughter, not comedy. It argues that since the early modern period a paradigm shift has taken place in our attitudes to laughter and the role pivotal role of Shakespeare in this.