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245 1 0 _aEight great comedies /
_cedited by Sylvan Barnet, Morton Berman, William Burto.
260 _a[New York] :
_bMentor,
_cc1985.
300 _a469 [i.e. 472] p. ;
_c18 cm.
505 0 _aThe 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.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 470-472).
520 _aContains 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.
521 2 _aYoung Adult
_bFollett Library Resources
650 0 _aDrama
_xCollections.
650 0 _aComedy
_xAddresses, essays, lectures.
650 7 _aDrama
_xCollections.
_2sears
650 7 _aComedy
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700 1 _aBarnet, Sylvan.
700 1 _aBerman, Morton.
700 1 _aBurto, William.
521 2 _aYoung Adult
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