TY - BOOK AU - Barnet,Sylvan AU - Berman,Morton AU - Burto,William TI - Eight great comedies SN - 0451623649 AV - PN6112 .B29 U1 - 808.82 20 PY - 1985/// CY - [New York] PB - Mentor KW - Drama KW - Collections KW - Comedy KW - Addresses, essays, lectures KW - sears N1 - 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; Young Adult; Follett Library Resources; Young Adult N2 - 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 ER -