Theories of Comedy, Volume 10

absurdity action actor amusing ancient appear Aristophanes Aristotle Aristotle's audience baseness Ben Jonson called cause character chorus Cicero comic comic poet conception contrast CORDATUS Cratinus criticism diction dithyramb drama effect epic Epidamnus Epitasis Eupolis Euripides example expression fable Falstaff father feeling folly give Greeks Hecyra Horace human Humour idea imitation incongruity invention jokes Jonson judge kind laugh laughter ludicrous manner matter means Menaechmus Menander ment mind Minturno mirth MITIS Molière moral nature never Northrup Frye object observed Old Comedy pain parody passion person Plato Plautus play pleasure plot poem poet Poetics poetry present Quintilian reason ridiculous things satire scene sense serious shew soul speak species spectators speech spirit stage Tartuffe Terence theory thought tion tragedy tragic Translated true truth ugliness vice virtue Volpone Woman of Andros wonder words writing