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For about three thousand years comedy has applied a welcome humanist perspective to the world’s religious beliefs and practices. From the ancient Greek comedi
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Pages: 504
Authors: Gary Robert Grund
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The five comedies included in this volume present a characteristic sampling of comic form as it was interpreted by some of the most important Latin humanists of
The Whole Durn Human Comedy
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A Comedy Called Susenbrotus
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: Connie McQuillen
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First translation of this bawdy farce from the Renaissance university stage
Plautus and the English Renaissance of Comedy
Language: en
Pages: 195
Authors: Richard F. Hardin
Categories: Latin drama (Comedy)
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This book shows the impact of the 1428 rediscovery of Plautus's plays on the theory and composition of comedy, and sets Plautus's reception apart from that of t