Eight Great Comedies Author:Sylvan Barnet, Morton Berman and William Burto (Editors) This outstanding treasury of great reading includes the bawdy humor of Machiavelli's Mandragola; the poignant, searching wit of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya; the ironic social comment of Shaw's Arms and the Man . . . and a new translation of Moliere's satire, The Miser, which the editors have prepared especially for this book. — Accompanied by provocati... more »ve essays which define and explore the spirit, the structure, and the meaning of comedy, this unique volume is an ideal companion to the editors' already published collection, Eight Great Tragedies.« less