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Masters of Dramatic Comedy and Their Social Themes / Henry Ten Eyck Perry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perry, Henry Ten Eyck, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comedy.
- Literatur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaft.
- Literature.
- Social problems in literature.
- Social problems.
- Comedy--History and criticism.
- Local Subjects:
- Comedy--History and criticism.
- Social problems in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (450 p.)
- Edition:
- Reprint 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION Laughter and Thoughtful Comedy
- MASTERS OF DRAMATIC COMEDY AND THEIR SOCIAL THEMES
- CHAPTER I. The First Literary Comedy: Aristophanes and Menander
- CHAPTER II. Roman Imitators: Plautus and Terence
- CHAPTER III. The Revival of Classical Comedy: Ben Jonson
- CHAPTER IV. Spain's Contribution: Lope de Vega and His School
- CHAPTER V. The Height of French Comedy: Moliere
- CHAPTER VI. The Danish National Theater: Ludνig Holberg
- CHAPTER VII. The Italian Tradition: Carlo Goldoni
- CHAPTER VIII. Sentimental and Fantastic Comedy: Lessing and Raimund
- CHAPTER IX. Crosscurrents in Russia: Gogol, Turgenev, and Chekhov
- CHAPTER X. Modern Times: Bernard Shaw
- A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS IN ENGLISH RELATING TO THE SUBJECT OF THIS BOOK
- INDEX OF PERSONS AND TITLES
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-674-42428-X
- OCLC:
- 1024061731
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