Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE VII
3. CONTENTS XV
4. I. Scappino & Cascarille 1
5. 2. The Metamorphosis of an Increment 8
6. 3. On the High Cost of Reading 16
7. 4. A Comedy of Errors 24
8. 5. The Incompatible Lovers 30
9. 6. Battledore & Shuttlecock 48
10. 7. The Plot's the Thing! 59
11. 8. A Burlesque Tragedy 66
12. 9. The Horns of the Dilemma 86
13. 10. Hypocrisy as Spectacle 91
14. 11. The Seducer as Catalyst 113
15. 12. The Willing Dupes 130
16. 13. The Self-Deceivers 137
17. 14. Beauty the Beast 154
18. 15. Three Conceptions of Hercules 162
19. 16. The Legalistic ¿Mind 190
20. 17. The Inhumanity of Harpagon 204
21. 18. A Lesson for a Maecenas 218
22. 19. A Man of the theater 232
23. 20. Food for Thought 241
24. 21. The Doctor's Curse 255
25. 22. Conclusion— The Choice of Comedy 268
26. Index 273