{"product_id":"a-companion-to-restoration-drama-hardback-9780631219231","title":"A Companion to Restoration Drama (Hardback) 9780631219231","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to Restoration Drama\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSusan J. Owen (Edited by), S Owen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631219231, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 November 2001\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e480 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.5 x 18 x 4 cm, 1.021 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The book will serve its audience very well, and those needing further guidance will profit from the list of further reading at the end of each essay. Highly recommended for academic libraries, the volume will be especially helpful to upper-division undergraduate and graduate students.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[...] the riches of Susan Owen's book are sufficient to ensure it a place on anyone's list of essential reading on Restoration Drama.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes and Queries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates the vitality and diversity of dramatic work 1660 to 1710. Twenty-five essays by leading scholars in the field bring together the best recent insights into the full range of dramatic practice and innovation at the time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces readers to the recent boom in scholarship that has revitalised Restoration drama\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores historical and cultural contexts, genres of Restoration drama, and key dramatists, among them Dryden and Behn\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I The Drama in Context 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Post-1660 Theatres as Performance Spaces 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdward A.. Langhans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Restoration Dramatic Theory and Criticism 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul D. Cannan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Theatrical Regulation during the Restoration Period 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew J. Kinservik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Libertinism and Sexuality 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaximillian E. Novak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Restoration Actress 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeborah Payne Fisk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Masculinity in Restoration Drama 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura J. Rosenthal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Images of Monarchy on the Restoration Stage 109\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJessica Munns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Restoration Drama and Politics: An Overview 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan J. Owen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Restoration Drama and Social Class 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAparna Dharwadker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Race, Performance and the Silenced Prince of Angola 161\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMita Choudhury\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Restoration Drama after the Restoration: The Critics, the Repertory and the Canon 177\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrian Corman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II Kinds of Drama 193\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Heroic Drama and Tragicomedy 195\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDerek Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Restoration Comedy 211\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. Douglas Canfield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Tragedy and Varieties of Serious Drama 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean I. Marsden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 London Theatre Music, 1660-1719 243\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTodd S. Gilman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Shakespeare and Other Adaptations 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandra Clark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Rakes, Wives and Merchants: Shifts from the Satirical to the Sentimental 291\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirk Combe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III Dramatists 309\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 William Davenant and John Dryden 311\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Kroll\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 'Still on the Criminal's Side, against the Innocent': Etherege, Wycherley and the Ironies of Wit 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Markley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 'Who Vices Dare Explode': Thomas Shadwell, Thomas Durfey and Didactic Drama of the Restoration 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher J. 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