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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. -- .

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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

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/29/2018 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719089251, 978-0719089251
      ISBN10: 0719089255

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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. -- .

      Table of Contents

      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

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