{"product_id":"eight-great-comedies-isbn-9780452011700","title":"Eight Great Comedies","description":"\u003cb\u003e“A remarkably rich and stimulating volume...A unique blending of emotional and intellectual experience.”—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere in one volume are the complete texts of eight of the world’s greatest plays, masterful examples of the comic view of life in drama. This outstanding treasury of great reading includes the bawdy humor of Machiavelli’s \u003ci\u003eMandragola\u003c\/i\u003e; the poignant, searching wit of Chekhov’s \u003ci\u003eUncle Vanya\u003c\/i\u003e; the ironic social comment of Shaw’s \u003ci\u003eArms and the Man\u003c\/i\u003e; and five other influential works, including a new translation of Molière’s satire \u003ci\u003eThe Miser\u003c\/i\u003e, which the editors have prepared especially for this book. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccompanied by provocative essays that define and explore the spirit, structure, and meaning of comedy, this unique volume is an ideal companion to the editors’ \u003ci\u003eEight Great Tragedies\u003c\/i\u003e.Eight Great ComediesThe Comic View: An Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE: THE COMEDIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAristophanes:\u003c\/b\u003e The Clouds, translated by Benjamin Bickley Rogers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNiccolò Machiavelli:\u003c\/b\u003e Mandragola, translated by J. R. Hale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Shakespeare:\u003c\/b\u003e Twelfth Night\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMolière:\u003c\/b\u003e The Miser, translated by Sylvan Barnet, Morton Berman, and William Burto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Gay:\u003c\/b\u003e The Beggar's Opera\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOscar Wilde:\u003c\/b\u003e The Importance of Being Earnest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnton Chekhov:\u003c\/b\u003e Uncle Namya, translated by Marian Fell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Bernard Shaw:\u003c\/b\u003e Arms and the Man\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO: THE ESSAYS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eG. K. Chesterton:\u003c\/b\u003e On the Comic Spirit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBonamy Dobrée:\u003c\/b\u003e Comedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusanne K. Langer:\u003c\/b\u003e The Comic Rhythm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorthrop Frye:\u003c\/b\u003e The Structure of Comedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eEight Great Comedies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A remarkably rich and stimulating volume...A unique blending of emotional and intellectual experience.”—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSylvan Barnet\u003c\/b\u003e wrote numerous texts analyzing the works of Shakespeare as well as the writing craft. He was the general editor for Signet Classics Shakespeare as well as professor emeritus at Tufts University. He died in 2016.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMorton Berman\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of English as Boston University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWilliam Burto\u003c\/b\u003e served as the chair of the Department of English as Lowell State College, which became University of Massachusetts-Lowell. He wrote several texts focusing on the poetry of Shakespeare. He died in 2013.","brand":"Plume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303112233189,"sku":"NP9780452011700","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780452011700.jpg?v=1767725897","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/eight-great-comedies-isbn-9780452011700","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}