The Restoration Rake-hero
Title | The Restoration Rake-hero PDF eBook |
Author | Harold Weber |
Publisher | Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN |
The Restoration Rake-Hero
Title | The Restoration Rake-Hero PDF eBook |
Author | Harold Weber |
Publisher | |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1986-01-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780608074436 |
The Rake-hero as a Literary Reflection of Restoration England
Title | The Rake-hero as a Literary Reflection of Restoration England PDF eBook |
Author | Lauren Sue Lazar |
Publisher | |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | Characters and characteristics in literature |
ISBN |
The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1650-1740
Title | The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1650-1740 PDF eBook |
Author | Steven N. Zwicker |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 362 |
Release | 1998-06-18 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780521564885 |
This volume offers an account of English literary culture in one of its most volatile and politically engaged moments. From the work of Milton and Marvell in the 1650s and 1660s through the brilliant careers of Dryden, Rochester, and Behn, Locke and Astell, Swift and Defoe, Pope and Montagu, the pressures and extremes of social, political, and sexual experience are everywhere reflected in literary texts: in the daring lyrics and intricate political allegories of this age, in the vitriol and bristling topicality of its satires as well as in the imaginative flight of its mock epics, fictions, and heroic verse. The volume's chronologies and select bibliographies will guide the reader through texts and events, while the fourteen essays commissioned for this Companion will allow us to read the period anew.
The Rover
Title | The Rover PDF eBook |
Author | Aphra Behn |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 436 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | English drama (Comedy) |
ISBN | 9780192834515 |
Aphra Behn (1640-89) was both successful and controversial in her own lifetime; her achievements are now recognized less equivocally and her plays, often revived, demonstrate wit, compassion and remarkable range. This edition brings together her most important comedies in a single volume: The Rover, her best-known play; The Feigned Courtesans, a lively comedy of intrigue; The Lucky Chance, a comedy with a bitter edge, which takes a satirical look at marriage customs; and the dazzling and popular farce, The Emperor of the Moon. All the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation.
Perspectives on Restoration Drama
Title | Perspectives on Restoration Drama PDF eBook |
Author | Susan J. Owen |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780719049675 |
This book introduces students to drama from the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 to the early 18th Century. Susan Owen offers representative coverage of new forms of drama in this period, and of ways in which old forms are altered. Her study covers heroic drama, comedy, tragedy, tragi-comedy, and Shakespeare adaptations, by focusing on specific 'dramatic highlights' and giving close reading of particular plays.
A Pleasing Sinne
Title | A Pleasing Sinne PDF eBook |
Author | Adam Smyth |
Publisher | DS Brewer |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Alcoholism in literature |
ISBN | 9781843840091 |
Studies of the representation and understanding of drink and conviviality in diverse social contexts.