An Humorous Day's Mirth
By George Chapman
George Chapman is known today as a translator of Homer and as the author of dark tragedies such as Bussy D'Ambois. An Humorous Day's Mirth, written in 1597, was one of the most popular plays of the Elizabethan era. Not only was Chapman's play the Rose Theatre's greatest box-office success of that year, but it also presented an entirely new type of comedy, one that has profoundly influenced comic writing up to the present day. This play is the English theatre's first 'comedy of humours', in which the attitudes, behaviour, and social pretensions of contemporary men and women are satirised. Charles Edelman's is the first fully annotated, moder…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7190-7574-2
- EAN: 9780719075742
- Produktnummer: 23146087
- Verlag: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 200 S.
- Masse: H22.3 cm x B14.7 cm x D2.1 cm 380 g
- Abbildungen: Illustrations, black & white
- Gewicht: 380
- Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)
Über den Autor
Charles Edelman is an Honorary Senior Fellow at Edith Cowan University
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