Restoration Drama: An Anthology

An Anthology

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Paperback, 840 blz. | Engels
John Wiley & Sons | e druk, 2000
ISBN13: 9780631209034
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John Wiley & Sons e druk, 2000 9780631209034
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This new anthology provides seventeen key plays by twelve dramatists of the Restoration period in an anthology designed specifically for course use, with annotations and judiciously modernized texts. It offers a representative sampling of the types of play of the period, including plays by both men and women – sex comedy, moral comedy, heroic drama, Shakespearean adaptation and political history.

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ISBN13:9780631209034
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:840

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Introduction. A Note on The Text.
<p>1. The Adventures of Five Hours. (1662) Sir Samuel Tuke.</p>
<p>2. The Great Favourite, or The Duke of Lerma. (1668) Sir Robert Howard.</p>
<p>3. The Conquest of Granada. (1670) John Dryden.</p>
<p>4. The Rehearsal. (1671) Buckingham.</p>
<p>5. The Country Wife. (1675) William Wycherley.</p>
<p>6. The Plain Dealer. (1676) William Wycherley.</p>
<p>7. The Man of Mode. (1676) Sir George Etherege.</p>
<p>8. The Rover. (1677) Aphra Behn.</p>
<p>9. All for Love. (1677) John Dryden.</p>
<p>10. Lucius Junicus Brutus. (1680) Nathaniel Lee.</p>
<p>11. Venice Preserved. (1682) Thomas Otway.</p>
<p>12. Love for Love. (1695) William Congreve.</p>
<p>13. Love′s Last Shift. (1696) Colley Cibber.</p>
<p>14. The Relapse. (1696) Sir John Vanbrugh.</p>
<p>15. The Way of the World. (1700) William Congreve.</p>
<p>16. The Recruiting Officer. (1706) George Farguhar.</p>
<p>17. The Beaux Stratagem. (1707) George Farquhar.</p>
<p>18. The Busie Body. (1709) Susannah Centlivre.</p>
<p>Further Reading.</p>
<p>Index.</p>

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