Cyrus Henry Hoy
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John B. Trevor Professor Emeritus of English, University of Rochester, New York. Author of The Hyacinth Room: An Investigation into the Nature of Comedy, Tragedy, and Tragicomedy.
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Comedy, type of drama or other art form the chief object of which, according to modern notions, is to amuse. It is contrasted on the one hand with tragedy and on the other with farce, burlesque, and other forms of humorous amusement. The classic conception of comedy, which began with Aristotle in…
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