Eight Great Comedies: The Complete Texts of the World's Great Comedies from Ancient Times to the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Published by Meridian, 1996
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- Title
- Eight Great Comedies: The Complete Texts of the World's Great Comedies from Ancient Times to the Twentieth Century
- Publisher
- Meridian
- Publication year
- 1996
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0452011701
- ISBN 13
- 9780452011700
- Item weight
- 0.95 pounds
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 Molière’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.
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About the Author
Morton Berman is professor emeritus of English as Boston University.
William Burto served as the chair of the Department of English as Lowell State College, which became University of Massachusetts-Lowell. He wrote several texts focusing on the poetry of Shakespeare. He died in 2013.
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