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George Chapman's An Humorous Day's Mirth is one of the Elizabethan theatre's most successful comedies. In his new Revels edition, Charles Edelman presents a play that will delight today's readers and audiences as much as it did those of 1597. -- .

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GENERAL EDITORS' PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EDITIONS, REFERENCES, ABBREVIATIONS
Previous Editions
Editions and Textual Studies Collated, in Chronological Order
Editions of Early Modern Dramatic Works cited in Commentary
Other Primary Works Cited in Commentary
Secondary Works Cited in Commentary
Abbreviations: Notes and collation
INTRODUCTION
The Rose’s New Hit
A Typical London Day
The Philosophy of Mirth
The Four Humours
The Humours and the soul
Melancholy
A Comedy of Manners
From Page to Stage
The Text
Conclusion
AN HUMOROUS DAY'S MIRTH
APPENDIX Dowsecer's Defence of Cosmetics (7.00-00)

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/07/2010
      ISBN13: 9780719075742, 978-0719075742
      ISBN10: 719075742

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      George Chapman's An Humorous Day's Mirth is one of the Elizabethan theatre's most successful comedies. In his new Revels edition, Charles Edelman presents a play that will delight today's readers and audiences as much as it did those of 1597. -- .

      Table of Contents

      GENERAL EDITORS' PREFACE
      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
      EDITIONS, REFERENCES, ABBREVIATIONS
      Previous Editions
      Editions and Textual Studies Collated, in Chronological Order
      Editions of Early Modern Dramatic Works cited in Commentary
      Other Primary Works Cited in Commentary
      Secondary Works Cited in Commentary
      Abbreviations: Notes and collation
      INTRODUCTION
      The Rose’s New Hit
      A Typical London Day
      The Philosophy of Mirth
      The Four Humours
      The Humours and the soul
      Melancholy
      A Comedy of Manners
      From Page to Stage
      The Text
      Conclusion
      AN HUMOROUS DAY'S MIRTH
      APPENDIX Dowsecer's Defence of Cosmetics (7.00-00)

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