The Illustrated Afterlife of Terence`s Comedies (800-1200), Beatrice Keefe
Автор: Graves Название: The Comedies of Terence ISBN: 1138534773 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138534773 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Terence achieved in his brief twenty-six years a standard of stylistic perfection and artistic restraint that ranked him, along with Plautus, as the greatest of the Roman comic playwrights
Автор: Paulding James Kirke Название: American Comedies. ISBN: 1275776019 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781275776012 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3966.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Compton-Engle Название: Costume in the Comedies of Aristophanes ISBN: 1107083796 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107083790 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 15205.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book interprets the handling of costume in the plays of the ancient Greek comic playwright Aristophanes, using as evidence the surviving plays as well as vase-paintings and terracotta figurines. This book fills a gap in the study of ancient Greek drama, focusing on performance, gender, and the body.
Название: Aphra Behn: The Comedies ISBN: 0333963210 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333963210 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 4051.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Provides students with an approachable analysis of Behn`s dramaturgical abilities, showing how she uses comic and dramatic conventions to radical ends. Aughterson shows how Behn forces her audience to engage with issues of gender and sexuality, whilst continuing to write witty and accessible plays.
Описание: Monologues from Shakespeare`s First Folio for Women: The Comedies Curated from the Applause three-volume series, Once More unto the Speech, Dear Friends, edited by Neil Freeman, these monologue from Shakespeare`s works are given new life and purpose for today`s readers and actors alike.
Описание: The fathers of modern freemasonry sought a classical pedigree for their rituals and forms of association. This volume offers the first academic study of how freemasons writing in the first half of the 18th century deployed their knowledge of antiquity to bolster this claim and how the creative literature of the period reflected their ideas. The scholarly investigation of freemasonry is a relatively new phenomenon. The writings of active freemasons tend either to generate new masonic myths or to focus on the minutiae of insignia, rank, and ritual. Only in the last 50 years have non-masons given serious thought to freemasonry as a social practice and to its place within the intellectual and political life of Enlightenment Europe and beyond. Study of masonic elements in literary texts lags much further behind. This volume offers the first English translations of three mid-18th century comedies on female curiosity about this exclusively male order and shows how they reflect contemporary attempts to forge a link with ancient mystery cult. The theatrical aspect of masonic ritual and the ancient mysteries is examined in depth. This volume opens up important new ground in classical reception and 18th century theatre history.
Comedy was popular during the Renaissance, and it was also one of Shakespeare's specialties. The four plays discussed in this book, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night and The Tempest, span Shakespeare's career and remind us that Shakespeare, more than any of his contemporaries, explored the possibilities of comedy, consistently developing new approaches to the genre.
Shakespeare was a fairly traditional playwright, well aware of the long tradition of comedy, which dates back to the Greeks and Romans. This book places Shakespeare's comedies in their historical context. It includes dedicated chapters on each of the four comedies, with each chapter providing a plot summary, a discussion of the play's historical background and significance, and excerpts from primary source documents related to the play. An introduction surveys the historical background of the plays, while a timeline chronicles key events that influenced them. Suggestions for further reading direct readers to additional sources of information.