Restoration Comedy |
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| Editor:
| Womersley, David |
| Introduction by:
| Wu, Duncan |
| Series title: | Blackwell Essential Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-470-70713-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2008 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Book Format: | Digital download |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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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.
More Description
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.