Eight Great Comedies: The Complete Texts of the World's Great Comedies from Ancient Times to the Twentieth Century

ISBN: 0452011701

Author: Barnet, Sylvan

Condition: New

A remarkably rich and stimulating volume...A unique blending of emotional and intellectual experience.-Los Angeles TimesHere in one volume are the complete texts of eight of the worlds greatest plays, masterful examples of the comic view of life in drama. This outstanding treasury of great reading includes the bawdy humor of Machiavellis Mandragola; the poignant, searching wit of Chekhovs Uncle Vanya; the ironic social comment of Shaws Arms and the Man; and five other influential works, including a new translation of Molires 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.