by Ben Jonson, William Congreve, Oliver Goldsmith, Richard Sheridan · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140431582
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«Four English Comedies» is an anthology of plays by Ben Jonson, William Congreve, Oliver Goldsmith and Richard Sheridan, in paperback (Penguin Classics).
The volume surveys English comedy of the 17th and 18th centuries: 'Volpone' attacks greed with satire, 'The Way of the World' reflects Restoration social conventions, while 'She Stoops to Conquer' and 'The School for Scandal' display a noisier, more popular humor.
Edition prepared by J. M. Morrell in the English Library series of Penguin Classics; text in English.
For students of English literature and readers interested in classic theater of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Ben Jonson was an English actor, poet and playwright. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence on English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour (1598), Volpone, or The Fox, The Alchemist (1610), and Bartholomew Fair (1614), and for his lyric and epigrammatic poetry. He is regarded as "the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I."
