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Description for Restoration Comedy
Paperback. Provides a flavour on the bawdy and satirical comedies performed in the sophisticated theatres of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Editor(s): Womersley, David. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 123 x 12. Weight in Grams: 186.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631234722
SKU
V9780631234722
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Womersley
David Womersley has been a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Jesus College, Oxford since 1984. Duncan Wu is a Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford, and University Lecturer in English Literature.
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