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This thesis then proceeds to consider individual Shakespeare's plays in the light of the most currently accepted philosophical and psychological approaches to humor. These plays include Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry IV Part I, and Hamlet.","**To request an accessible version of the file(s) associated with this item, contact library@buffalo.edu. Please include the item's persistent URL [http://hdl.handle.net/. . .] in your request.**"]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Humor in Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies from a Philosophical Perspective"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Bono, Barbara","English"],"dc:creator":["Yi, Yuan; 0000-0003-1943-6149"],"dc:date":["2025-02-21T17:22:21Z","2020"],"dc:description":["M.A.","This thesis describes and analyzes the humor used in William Shakespeare's plays from a philosophical and psychological perspective. 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