Eight great comedies /
edited by Sylvan Barnet, Morton Berman, William Burto.
- [New York] : Mentor, c1985.
- 469 [i.e. 472] p. ; 18 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 470-472).
The comic view: an introduction.--The comedies: The clouds, by Aristophanes. Mandragola, by N. Machiavelli. Twelfth night, by W. Shakespeare. The miser, by Molière. The beggar's opera, by J. Gay. The importance of being Earnest, by O. Wilde. Uncle Vanya, by A. Chekhov. Arms and the man, by G. B. Shaw.--The essays: On the comic spirit, by G. K. Chesterton. Comedy, by B. Dobrée. The comic rhythm, by S. K. Langer. The structure of comedy, by N. Frye.
Contains the complete texts of eight of the world's greatest plays, masterful examples of the comic view of life in drama, with essays discussing each.
Young Adult Follett Library Resources Young Adult
0451623649
Drama--Collections.
Comedy--Addresses, essays, lectures.
Drama--Collections.
Comedy--Collections.
PN6112 / .B29
808.82
Includes bibliographical references (p. 470-472).
The comic view: an introduction.--The comedies: The clouds, by Aristophanes. Mandragola, by N. Machiavelli. Twelfth night, by W. Shakespeare. The miser, by Molière. The beggar's opera, by J. Gay. The importance of being Earnest, by O. Wilde. Uncle Vanya, by A. Chekhov. Arms and the man, by G. B. Shaw.--The essays: On the comic spirit, by G. K. Chesterton. Comedy, by B. Dobrée. The comic rhythm, by S. K. Langer. The structure of comedy, by N. Frye.
Contains the complete texts of eight of the world's greatest plays, masterful examples of the comic view of life in drama, with essays discussing each.
Young Adult Follett Library Resources Young Adult
0451623649
Drama--Collections.
Comedy--Addresses, essays, lectures.
Drama--Collections.
Comedy--Collections.
PN6112 / .B29
808.82