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The tragicomic passion : a history and analysis of tragicomedy and tragicomic characterization in drama, film, and literature / Faye Ran-Moseley.

Title
The tragicomic passion : a history and analysis of tragicomedy and tragicomic characterization in drama, film, and literature / Faye Ran-Moseley.
Author
Ran, Faye, 1948-
Publication
New York : P. Lang, c1994.

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Description
200 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
American university studies. Series III, Comparative literature ; vol. 40
Uniform Title
American university studies. Series III, Comparative literature ; vol. 40.
Subject
  • Handke, Peter. Kaspar
  • Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. Ḳunstmakher fun Lublin
  • Giulietta degli spiriti (Motion picture)
  • Drama > History and criticism
  • Fools and jesters in literature
  • Tragicomedy
  • Tragicomedy > History and criticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-200).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
I. Clowns, Fools & Madmen From the Greeks To Twentieth Century Tragicomedies -- The Fool As Archetype -- II. Modern Tragicomedy -- III. The Duality of the Fool And The Tragicomic Encounter Between Self and Society -- IV. The Fool And Creation -- Peter Handke's Kaspar -- V. The Female Fool -- Federico Fellini's Juliet of the Spirits -- VI. The Ethnic Fool And The Mad Magician -- Isaac Bashevis Singer's The Magician of Lublin -- VII. Conclusion.
ISBN
0820415510 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^92027556^
OCLC
  • 26552945
  • SCSB-11469718
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library