{"product_id":"9780230604711","title":"Comedy Matters: From Shakespeare to Stoppard","description":"\u003ch1\u003eComedy Matters: From Shakespeare to Stoppard\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eDemastes, W.\u003c\/h2\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 \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2008-07-01\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780230604711\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/9780230612426\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 216cm x140cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 203\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431256604812,"sku":"9780230604711","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780230604711.jpg?v=1775882399","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780230604711","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}