Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-229) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : "Whither Python?" -- The reading(s) of a national poet -- "And now for something completely different(?)" : Shakespeare, Jonson, and Monty Python -- "Is not the truth the truth?" : (ab)uses of history -- "I pray you lend me your dwarf" : structures of humor -- (Ad)dressing the other.
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