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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Tragicomedy"”.
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Sweet disaster: development of Shakespearean tragicomedy
… on their own terms. I suggest, then, that tragicomedy can provide the needed structural context from which <em>All’s Well</em> and <em>Measure</em> can be best understood and appreciated. Before attempting a definition of tragicomedy, we might briefly examine some of the major critical …
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Performing dreams in England and Spain, 1570-1670
… on early modern stages: the dreams within this tragicomedy intensely reveal the artificiality of established gender positions and powerfully portray ‘natural’ male pre-eminence in an equivocal light.
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Women's wit on stage, 1660-1720
… I identify theatrical paratexts in comedy, tragicomedy, and tragedy as miniature forms of wit which manipulate spectators’ responses to the play. My thesis creates the term ‘Sapphic wit’ to refer to the supportive network of wit between women both in and outside of the theatre, from …
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"Aquel mudar de trajes”. La función constructiva de dos personajes en La Celestina mediante el intercambio dialógico.
… elements reflect on what the Prologue to the Tragicomedy warns: "Aquel mudar de trajes ...". This idea refers precisely to the different changes that take place in the text. Each word, each dialogical intervention (or absence) is a decisive sample that Celestina and Parmeno mutually “create” …
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Ratiocinium in the Architectural Practice of Giuseppe Terragni and its role in the relationship between architecture and the city during the modern movements in Italy
… convictions under their destiny and their ironic tragicomedy. Terragni's Danteum is the one instance where destiny seems closer to fulfillment. Dante Alighieri's dream of the glorious empire seems to materialize in the signs of the monarchy and its savior – Mussolini. Since the fascist movement …
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Comedy and the supernatural on the English stage between 1589 and 1621 : a study of the relevance for early modern audiences of comic representations of magic, fairies and witchcraft
… in plays generically signified as tragedy or tragicomedy will be considered where it helps to elucidate the argument of the thesis. The intention is to pursue relevant connections wherever possible, and to shadow the flexible, organic approach to genre demonstrated by much English drama of the …