Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy: Authoritative Texts

Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy: Authoritative Texts of the Country Wife, the Man of Mode, the Rover, the Way of the World, the Conscious Lovers, the School for Scandal : Contexts, cr

This Second Edition builds on its predecessorâ€™s strengths by adding a sixth play, Aphra Behnâ€™s The Rover, a comedy that has clearly come into prominence in recent years.
The plays are fully annotated for the modern reader and are accompanied by six illustrations. The close relationship between theater and society during the period continues to be the focus of â€œContexts.â€ The editor offers contemporary discussions of the following topics: â€œOn Wit, Humour, and Laughter: 1660â€“1775,â€ â€œThe Collier Controversy: 1698,â€ â€œSteele and Dennis: On The Man of Mode and The Conscious Lovers,â€ and â€œStages, Actors, and Audiences.â€ â€œCriticismâ€ has been revised to reflect approaches in scholarly interpretations. Two seminal essays from the First Edition have been retainedâ€•Charles Lambâ€™s appreciation of the periodâ€™s comedy and L. C. Knightsâ€™s condemnation of it. New essays by Jocelyn Powell, Harriet Hawkins, Elin Diamond, Martin Price, and Laura Brown have been added. Illustrated
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W W Norton & Co Inc
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 09581676
ReleaseDate 1997-01-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780393963342

Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy: Authoritative Texts of the Country Wife, the Man of Mode, the Rover, the Way of the World, the Conscious Lovers, the School for Scandal : Contexts, cr