Charles Edelman

All Fools

George Chapman

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this edition, an extensive introduction and commentary show how Chapman combines the literary and theatrical traditions of ancient Rome with everyday life in his own time to fashion a sparkling and innovative comedy that will delight audiences today as much as it did those of 1599.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 423g
• ISBN-13: 9780719089251
• ISBN-10: 0719089255
• Artikelnr.: 49374310

Autorenporträt

Charles Edelman is Honorary Senior Fellow at Edith Cowan University

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION Chapman at the Rose, 1598-99 From the Rose to Blackfriars
Terence goes to London: the sources of All Fools The primary plot: Terence
transmogrified Love and marriage in Terence and Chapman The secondary plot:
adultery for fun and profit Ovid and the art of adultery Cuckoldry as a
spectator sport Divorce English style 'Tis at the Half Moon Tavern' In
praise of the horn The text ALL FOOLS APPENDIX The Walsingham Sonnet INDEX