An edition of Eight great comedies
(1958)
Eight great comedies
by Sylvan Barnet
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A collection of eight of the comic masterpieces of drama, with authors ranging from Aristophanes to Shaw; also included are several critical essays.
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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.
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