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Record Nr.

UNISA996208288603316

Titolo

Restoration comedy [[electronic resource] /] / introduced by Duncan Wu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., c2002

ISBN

1-281-32086-2

9786611320867

0-470-70713-5

0-470-75705-1

0-470-75681-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 p.)

Collana

Blackwell essential literature

Altri autori (Persone)

WuDuncan

Disciplina

822.408

822/.05230804

Soggetti

English drama (Comedy)

English drama - Restoration, 1660-1700

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"With texts taken from Restoration drama: an anthology / edited by David Womersley."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Restoration Comedy; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Introduction; William Wycherley (1641–1716) The Country Wife (1675); William Congreve (1670–1729) The Way of the World (1700);

Sommario/riassunto

The two plays presented in full in this volume – Wycherley's The Country Wife and Congreve's The Way of the World – illustrate the evolution of Restoration comedy between 1675 and 1700.:.; Includes full texts of Wycherley's The Country Wife and Congreve's The Way of the World .; Demonstrates how Restoration comedy evolved between 1675 and 1700.; Introduces general readers or students to the genre.; An editorial introduction guides readers through the plays and the period.