from
A Bibliography of Literary Theory, Criticism and
Philology
http://bit.ly/abibliog
by José
Ángel García Landa
(University of Zaragoza, Spain)
Comedy
Early works
Miscellaneous
Early works
Aristotle. Poetics. many
editions
_____. (On
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Donatus,
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_____. On Drama. Trans. O. B. Hardison. In
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Farquhar,
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_____. Love and Business in a Collection of
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1702.
Gascoigne,
George. Prologue to his The Glass of
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Giulio Antimaco. 1864.(On the unity of time, etc.).
_____.
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Goldsmith,
Oliver. "Essay on the Theatre: A Comparison between Sentimental and
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_____.
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Heinsius,
Daniel. Ad Horatium de Plauto et Terentio
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Isidore of
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_____.
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_____.
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Lyly, John.
Prologue to Sapho and Phao. c. 1582.
_____.
Prologue to Endimion. 1579.
_____.
Prologue to Midas. 1592.
_____.
Prologue to the Woman in the Moon.
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Nicole, Pierre. Of Comedy. 1671.
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Udall,
Nicholas. Prologue to his Ralph Roister
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_____.
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Aesthetic Categories (the comic)
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(Blackwell Essential Literature). Oxford: Blackwell, 2002.
Video
Cantor, Paul. "The Merchant of Venice (1 of
3)." Video. YouTube (Shakespeare and
Politics) 19 Aug. 2014.*
https://youtu.be/6Z-vFxa7kYA
2020
García Romero, Fernando. "La comedia
de Aristófanes." Video lecture ("Teatro Griego: Origen, autores y
puesta en escena", 23 Oct. 2018. YouTube
(Fundación Juan March) 20 Nov. 2018.*
https://youtu.be/s7ycAhVUmiQ
2018
Maestro, Jesús
G. "Los Entremeses de Cervantes: ¿Ridiculización o comprensión del ser
humano?" YouTube
(Jesús G. Maestro) 12 May 2015.*
https://youtu.be/B0DgN668kzs
2016
See also
Film (comedy); Shakespeare (Comedies).
