{"product_id":"9780674768901-ridiculous-to-the-delightful","title":"The Ridiculous to the Delightful","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComic Characters in Sidney’s New Arcadia\u003cbr\u003eSir Philip Sidney’s comic technique, in particular the comic characters in the second version of his pastoral romance, is the subject of this ably written essay. Robert Nicholas Reeves begins with a re-examination of comic theory in Sidney’s \u003ci\u003eDefense of Poesy\u003c\/i\u003e, and proceeds to a reading of the humorous in the \u003ci\u003eArcadia\u003c\/i\u003e as a happy kind of moral teaching. He discusses devices employed—irony, ridicule, deflation—and the relation of the low comic figures to the delightful elements of the main plot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57151323046262,"sku":"9780674768901","price":13.23,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780674768901-ridiculous-to-the-delightful","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}