{"product_id":"an-humorous-days-mirth-by-george-chapman-9781526116925","title":"An Humorous Day's Mirth: By George Chapman","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Chapman is known today as a translator of \u003ci\u003eHomer\u003c\/i\u003e and as the author of dark tragedies such as \u003ci\u003eBussy D'Ambois\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eAn Humorous Day's Mirth\u003c\/i\u003e was one of the most popular plays of the Elizabethan era. Not only was it the Rose Theatre's greatest box-office success of 1597, it also presented an entirely new type of comedy, one that has profoundly influenced comic writing up to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This play is the English theatre's first 'comedy of humours', in which the attitudes, behaviour, and social pretensions of contemporary men and women are satirised. Charles Edelman's is the first fully annotated, modern spelling edition of this long-neglected play. In his extensive introduction and commentary, Edelman discusses the intellectual, philosophical and theatrical background, and shows that the play would delight the readers and audiences of today as much as those in 1597.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneral editors' preface\u003cbr\u003e Editions and Textual Studies Collated, in Chronological Order\u003cbr\u003e Editions of Early Modern Dramatic Works cited in Commentary\u003cbr\u003e Other Primary Works Cited in Commentary\u003cbr\u003e Secondary Works Cited in Commentary\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations: Notes and collation\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e The Rose’s New Hit\u003cbr\u003e A Typical London Day\u003cbr\u003e The Philosophy of Mirth\u003cbr\u003e The Four Humours \u003cbr\u003e The Humours and the soul \u003cbr\u003e Melancholy\u003cbr\u003e A Comedy of Manners\u003cbr\u003e From Page to Stage\u003cbr\u003e The Text\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e An Humorous Day's Mirth\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Dowsecer's Defence of Cosmetics (7.00-00)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040985448791,"sku":"9781526116925","price":19.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526116925.jpg?v=1750948498","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/an-humorous-days-mirth-by-george-chapman-9781526116925","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}