# An Essay on Comedy and the Uses of the Comic Spirit

Author: Meredith, George, 1828-1909

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1219

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## Summary

Good Comedies are such rare productions, that notwithstanding the wealth of our literature in the Comic element, it would not occupy us long to run over the English list. If they are brought to the test I shall propose, very reputable Comedies will be found unworthy of their station, like the ladies of Arthur's Court when they were reduced to the ordeal of the mantle.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-essay-on-comedy-and-the-uses-of-the-comic-spirit-1219/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-essay-on-comedy-and-the-uses-of-the-comic-spirit-1219/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-essay-on-comedy-and-the-uses-of-the-comic-spirit-1219/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-essay-on-comedy-and-the-uses-of-the-comic-spirit-1219/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-essay-on-comedy-and-the-uses-of-the-comic-spirit-1219/chapters/5/index.md)