All Fools: George Chapman
Author:   Charles Edelman
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
ISBN:  

9781526163998


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   16 August 2022
Format:   Paperback
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All Fools: George Chapman


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In this edition, an extensive introduction and commentary show how Chapman combines the literary and theatrical traditions of ancient Rome with everyday life in his own time to fashion a sparkling and innovative comedy that will delight audiences today as much as it did those of 1599. Of all the poets Francis Meres names in his famous Palladis Tamia, Wits Treasury (1598), just two rate a mention as being both 'our best for tragedy' and 'the best poets for comedy': William Shakespeare and George Chapman. All Fools, written in 1599, is the only Elizabethan comedy based directly on the plays of Terence. By taking episodes and characters from two brilliant works, The Self-Tormenter and The Brothers, Chapman creates something that is distinctly Elizabethan while remaining faithful to the spirit of the great Roman master.

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Author:   Charles Edelman
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.268kg
ISBN:  

9781526163998


ISBN 10:   1526163993
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   16 August 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION Chapman at the Rose, 1598–99 From the Rose to Blackfriars Terence goes to London: the sources of All Fools The primary plot: Terence transmogrified Love and marriage in Terence and Chapman The secondary plot: adultery for fun and profit Ovid and the art of adultery Cuckoldry as a spectator sport Divorce English style ‘Tis at the Half Moon Tavern’ In praise of the horn The text ALL FOOLS APPENDIX The Walsingham Sonnet INDEX -- .

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Charles Edelman is Honorary Senior Fellow at Edith Cowan University

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