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Eight great comedies

edited by Sylvan Barnet, Morton Berman, William Burto

Meridian, 1996

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Originally published: [New York] : New American Library, [1958]

Includes bibliographical references (p. [470]-[471])

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Description

"A remarkably rich and stimulating volume...A unique blending of emotional and intellectual experience."-Los Angeles Times Here in one volume are the complete texts of eight of the world's greatest plays, masterful examples of the comic view of life in drama. This outstanding treasury of great reading includes the bawdy humor of Machiavelli's Mandragola; the poignant, searching wit of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya; the ironic social comment of Shaw's Arms and the Man; and five other influential works, including a new translation of Moliere's satire The Miser, which the editors have prepared especially for this book. Accompanied by provocative essays that define and explore the spirit, structure, and meaning of comedy, this unique volume is an ideal companion to the editors' Eight Great Tragedies.

Table of Contents

Eight Great ComediesThe Comic View: An Introduction PART ONE: THE COMEDIES Aristophanes: The Clouds, translated by Benjamin Bickley Rogers Niccolo Machiavelli: Mandragola, translated by J. R. Hale William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night Moliere: The Miser, translated by Sylvan Barnet, Morton Berman, and William Burto John Gay: The Beggar's Opera Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest Anton Chekhov: Uncle Namya, translated by Marian Fell George Bernard Shaw: Arms and the Man PART TWO: THE ESSAYS G. K. Chesterton: On the Comic Spirit Bonamy Dobree: Comedy Susanne K. Langer: The Comic Rhythm Northrop Frye: The Structure of Comedy Bibliography

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