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Pages: 220
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The author examines comedies based on a structure first used by Menander in the fourth century B.C. and brought to its precise formulations and brilliance by Ma
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Authors: J. Hart
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This book focuses on how we perceive, know and interpret culture across disciplinary boundaries. The study combines theoretical and critical contexts for close
Beaumarchais and the Theatre
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Authors: William D. Howarth
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William D Howarth sets Le Mariage de Figaro and Beaumarchais's other dramatic works in the broad historical context of pre-revolutionary France, providing a uni
Comparative Criticism: Volume 10, Comedy, Irony, Parody
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Volume 10, dedicated to 'Comedy, Irony, Parody', celebrates the first decade of Comparative Criticism in a light-hearted vein. Michael Silk opens with a wide-ra
Molière: A Playwright and His Audience
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This study explores the evolution of Molière's comedy as a careful amalgamation of comedy and philosophical satire.