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Restoration Drama: An Anthology
Womersley
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Description for Restoration Drama: An Anthology
Hardback. Captures the variety and richness of Restoration Drama. This title provides annotated and modernized texts of the following plays: "Tuke, The Adventures of Five Hours" (1662), "Howard, The Duke of Lerma" (1668), "Dryden, The Conquest of Granada" (1670), "Buckingman, The Rehearsal" (1671), and "Wycherley, The Country Wife" (1675). Editor(s): Womersley, David. Series: Blackwell Anthologies. Num Pages: 840 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DD; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 182 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1548.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
840
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Anthologies
Number of Pages
838
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631209027
SKU
V9780631209027
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99-50
About Womersley
David Womersley has been a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Jesus College, Oxford since 1984. He has published widely on English Literature from the early sixteenth to the early nineteenth century. Previous publications include, Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1994), Gibbon: Bicentenary Essays (1997), Augustan Critical Writing (1997), The Transformation of the Decline ... Read more
Reviews for Restoration Drama: An Anthology
"The whole task is carried out with exemplary clarity and charm . . .There is no more recommendable anthology of Restoration plays available today". Notes and Queries "The page layout is attractively and thoughtfully designed, avoiding, for instance, frequent run-overs of lines in verse passages. Students exploring this collection will be presented with a wealth of fascinating and ... Read more