The good, the bad, and the ugly

on the ancient origins of comedy

John Davenport

3-21

The moderns

the romantic loss of comedy

23-44

Everyone joins the fight

the dialectic of comic action

47-68

Whatever works

structure and topics of comedy

69-92

The catastrophe of the good ending

93-110

Foolish wisdom

the philosopher as a comic figure

113-131

Conclusion

Amy E. Varela

133-135