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----THE COMIC IN SHAKESPEARE An International Conference at the University of Kent at Canterbury 28 - 30 JUNE 2001
There is a mountain of work on Shakespeare's comedies but very little on what in them, or any other of his plays, either still makes us laugh or was clearly intended to do so. Papers already promised for this conference include discussions of Hamlet and Freud's joke book, why feminists could feel entitled to laugh at The Shrew, black comedy in Titus Andronicus, Kemp' s replacement by Armin, and Falstaff and Cleopatra as contrasting examples of Saturnalian comedy. Academic contributors will include Ann Blake, Michael Cordner, Francois Laroque and Sue Wiseman and there will be a guest lecture by the novelist Howard Jacobson under the probable title, `Hamlet or How to Lighten Up'.
Accommodation for this two-day conference (mid-day Thursday to mid-day Saturday) will be in the colleges at a cost of £90. This will include all refreshments, meals, a reception and some entertainment. The conference fee will be £40.
For more details of the programme and registration forms, please contact: Magali Raynaud, School of English, Rutherford College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NX. Email: M.J.Raynaud@ukc.ac.uk.
The final date for proposals for papers to fill the remaining slots is 28 February, and the final date for registration 7 May.
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