Restoration Comedy

David Womersley (Edited by), Duncan Wu (Introduction by)

9780631234722, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 15 August 2002

160 pages
21.6 x 12 x 1.2 cm, 0.181 kg

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.

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• Includes full texts of Wycherley's The Country Wife and Congreve's The Way of the World.
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• Demonstrates how Restoration comedy evolved between 1675 and 1700.
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• Introduces general readers or students to the genre.
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• An editorial introduction guides readers through the plays and the period.

Series Editor's Preface.

Introduction.

Subject Areas: Literature: history & criticism [DS]