Eight great comedies
著者
書誌事項
Eight great comedies
Meridian, 1996
注記
Originally published: [New York] : New American Library, [1958]
Includes bibliographical references (p. [470]-[471])
内容説明・目次
内容説明
"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.
目次
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
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