Comedy in Literature and Popular Culture

Chapter One. The World of Comedy

Chapter Two. Comic Heroes in Aristophanes and Heller's Catch-22

Chapter Three. The Extreme Characters of Comedy

Chapter Four. Socrates, Memory, and the Power of Comedy

Chapter Five. Slaves, Masters, and Social Inversion

Chapter Six. Surrealism, Politeness Theory, and Comic Twins in Plautus and Shakespeare

Chapter Seven. Comedy in Tragedy: King Lear, The Bacchae, and Waiting for Godot

Chapter Eight. Modern Performance of Ancient Comedy: Aristophanes' Frogs

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