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Teneo Press Restoration Comedy 16831694
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Wiley Restoration Comedy
Book SynopsisThe 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. Table of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface. Introduction. 1. William Wycherley (1641-1716):. The Country Wife (1675). 2. William Congreve (1670-1729):. The Way of the World (1700). Index of titles and first lines.
£84.50
Legare Street Press Restoration Comedies
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LEGARE STREET PR Restoration Comedy 1660 1720
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Restoration Comedy
Book SynopsisThe 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. Table of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface. Introduction. 1. William Wycherley (1641-1716):. The Country Wife (1675). 2. William Congreve (1670-1729):. The Way of the World (1700). Index of titles and first lines.
£28.45
Cambridge University Press Restoration Comedy in Performance
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LEGARE STREET PR Restoration Comedy 1660 1720
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Penguin Books Ltd Three Restoration Comedies The Man of Mode The
Book SynopsisAfter the restoration of King Charles II to the British throne in 1660, dramatists experienced new freedom in an age that broke from the strict morality of puritan rule and in which elegance and wit became the chief virtues. Irreverent, licentious and cynical, the three plays collected here hold up a mirror to this dazzling era and satirize the gulf between appearances and reality. In Etherege''s The Man of Mode (1676), the womanizing Dorimant meets his match when he falls in love with the unpretentious Harriet, while Wycherley''s The Country Wife (c. 1675) depicts the rakish Horner who fakes impotence to fool trusting husbands into giving him easy access to their wives. And in Congreve''s Love for Love (1695), the extravagant Valentine can only win his beloved Angelica if he loses his inheritance.
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Legare Street Press Molie768re and the Restoration Comedy in England
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Cambridge University Press The Ornament of Action Text and Performance in Restoration Comedy
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LEGARE STREET PR Molière and the Restoration Comedy in England
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LEGARE STREET PR Molière and the Restoration Comedy in England
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Nick Hern Books Restoration Comedy: Three Plays
Book Synopsis‘One no more owes one’s beauty to a lover, than one’s wit to an echo.’ With the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, the republican ban on organised theatre was lifted – and plays exploded back onto the public stage with newfound relish. The arrival of actresses for the first time encouraged a great sense of release, which expressed itself in the form of sophisticated comedies exploring the sexual behaviour and moralities of society. This volume features three of the most popular Restoration Comedies: The Country Wife by William Wycherley - a supremely bawdy comedy in which the aptly named Horner pretends to be a eunuch in order to seduce women under the noses of their husbands. The Way of the World by William Congreve - a brilliant comedy of manners, complete with dashing suitor, rich heiress and vengeful aunt. The Rover by Aphra Behn - the classic Restoration comedy by one of the earliest and most celebrated female playwrights. There is also a full introduction about the plays, playwrights and the period, and a glossary of unfamiliar words. The Drama Classic Collections bring together the most popular plays from a single author or a particular period. They offer students, actors and theatregoers a series of uncluttered, accessible editions, accompanied by comprehensive introductions.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Restoration Drama
Book SynopsisThis 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.Trade Review"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 innovative writing in reliable editions, and the richest sampling of the post-1660 drama currently available in a single volume." The Review of English Studies "David Womersley's Restoration Drama is easily the most comprehensive anthology available to date. Each of Womersley's introductions to the plays are wonderfully compact mini-guides to the plays, providing information on the author, the sources, the context and stage-history, and pointing out some of the complexities raised by the work. The explanatory notes, though kept to a minimum, are relevant and helpful. What distinuguishes the present collection from its predecessors is the editor's attempt to do justice to the multifarious nature of Restoration drama. All in all . . . this is a most valuable (and moderately priced) collection, which is likely to supersede classroom texts currently used. Future editors and publishers of Restoration plays would do students and scholars a true favour by following Womersley's and Blackwell's lead in striking out in new directions and opening up for further study the full panorama of Restoration drama." English StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction. A Note on The Text. 1. The Adventures of Five Hours. (1662) Sir Samuel Tuke. 2. The Great Favourite, or The Duke of Lerma. (1668) Sir Robert Howard. 3. The Conquest of Granada. (1670) John Dryden. 4. The Rehearsal. (1671) Buckingham. 5. The Country Wife. (1675) William Wycherley. 6. The Plain Dealer. (1676) William Wycherley. 7. The Man of Mode. (1676) Sir George Etherege. 8. The Rover. (1677) Aphra Behn. 9. All for Love. (1677) John Dryden. 10. Lucius Junicus Brutus. (1680) Nathaniel Lee. 11. Venice Preserved. (1682) Thomas Otway. 12. Love for Love. (1695) William Congreve. 13. Love's Last Shift. (1696) Colley Cibber. 14. The Relapse. (1696) Sir John Vanbrugh. 15. The Way of the World. (1700) William Congreve. 16. The Recruiting Officer. (1706) George Farguhar. 17. The Beaux Stratagem. (1707) George Farquhar. 18. The Busie Body. (1709) Susannah Centlivre. Further Reading. Index.
£127.25
Broadview Press Ltd The Broadview Anthology of Restoration and Early
Book SynopsisThe Broadview Anthology of Restoration and Early Eighteenth-Century Drama, Concise Edition, with twenty-one plays, is half the length of the full anthology without compromising its breadth. Concentrating on plays from the heyday of 1660-1737, it focuses on Restoration drama proper and Revolution drama, with a selection from the early Georgian period and the later Georgian period’s “laughing comedy.” Seven of the nine sub-genres (personal tragedy, tragicomic romance, social comedy, subversive comedy, corrective satire, menippean satire, and laughing comedy) of the full anthology are represented, with the preponderance of exposure given to the jewel of this theatre, its comedy.Each play is fully annotated and prefaced with an historical introduction. Also included are a general introduction, a statement of procedures, and a glossary.Table of ContentsMapIntroductionProceduresJohn Lacy The Old Troop; or,Monsieur Raggou (1664)Maja-Lisi von Sneidern, ed.John Dryden Marriage a la Mode (1671)Brian German, ed.William Wycherley The Country Wife (1675)Peggy Thompson, ed.George Etberege The Man of Mode; or, Sir FoplingFlutter (1576)John H. O’Neill, ed. 155Aphra Behn The Rover; or, The Banished Cavaliers (1677)Anne Russell, ed. 219John Dryden All for Love; or, the WorldWell Lost (1677)Tanya Caldwell, ed. 275Thomas Shadwell A True Widow (1678)Christopher J. Wheatley, ed. 321Thomas Otway Venice Preserved; or, A PlotDiscovered (1682)Jessica Munns, ed. 381Thomas Southerne Oroonoko (1695)Joyce Green MacDonald, ed. 427John Vanbrugh The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger, Beingthe Sequel of The Fool in Fashion (1696)James E. Gill, ed.William Congreve The Way of the World (1700)Richard Kroll, ed.Catharine Trotter Love at a. Loss; or, Most VotesCarry It (1700)Roxanne M. Kent-Drury, ed.Nicholas Rowe The Fair Penitent (1703)Jean I. Marsden, ed.George Farquhar The Beaux’ Stratagem (1707)Helen M. Burke, ed.Susanna Centlivre A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1718)Nancy Copeland, ed.Richard Steele The Conscious Lovers (1722)Lisa A. Freeman, ed.John Gay The Beggar’s Opera (1728)Dianne Dugaw, ed.George Lillo The London Merchant; or, TheHistory of George Barnwell (1731)Lincoln Faller, ed.Oliver Goldsmith She Stoops to Conquer; or, TheMistakes of a Night (1773)Richard A. Barney, ed.Richard Brinsley Sheridan The School for Scandal (1777)Mita Choudhury, ed.Hannah Cowley The Belle’s Stratagem (1780)Linda R. Payne, ed.GlossaryIndex
£55.10
Broadview Press Ltd The Broadview Anthology of Restoration and Early
Book SynopsisThis is the first new full-scale anthology of Restoration and eighteenth-century drama in over sixty years. Concentrating on plays from the heyday of 1660-1737, it focuses especially on Restoration drama proper (1660-1688) and Revolution drama (1689-1714), with a smaller selection of plays from the early Georgian period (1715-1737) and a glimpse at the later Georgian period's "laughing comedy" (1770s and 80s). It includes nine sub-genres (heroic romance, political tragedy, personal tragedy, tragicomic romance, social comedy, subversive comedy, corrective satire, menippean satire, and laughing comedy), with the preponderance of exposure given to the jewel of this theatre, its comedy.The core canonical plays from the era—from Dryden's All for Love and Behn's The Rover to Congreve's The Way of the World and Sheridan's School for Scandal—are all here, but so are a remarkably wide range of non-canonical works. There are many more plays by women than in any previous general anthology of drama of the period. Also included are a number of works from the neglected 1660s, whose comedies feature delightful, subversive, levelling folk elements. In all there are forty-one plays; each is fully annotated and prefaced with an historical introduction. Also included are a general introduction, head-notes for each genre, and a glossary.Table of ContentsIntroductionProceduresMapHeroic Romance The History of Henry the FifthRoger Boyle, First Earl of OrreryTamerlaneNicholas RoweLucius, The First Christian King of BritainDelarivier ManleyPolitical Tragedy The Unhappy FavoriteJohn BanksLucius Junius BrutusNathaniel LeeCatoJoseph AddisonPersonal Tragedy All for LoveJohn DrydenThe Fair PenitentNicholas RoweThe London MerchantGeorge LilloTragicomic Romance Marriage a la ModeJohn DrydenOroonokoThomas SoutherneThe Conscious LoversRichard SteeleSocial Comedy The CommitteeSir Robert HowardThe Man of ModeGeorge EtheregeThe RoverAphra BehnCity PoliticsJohn CrowneLove’s Last ShiftColley CibberThe Way of the WorldWilliam CongreveThe Beau DefeatedMary FixLove at a LossCatharine TrotterA Bold Stroke for a WifeSusanna CentlivreSubversive Comedy The Old TroopJohn LacyThe Careless LoversEdward RavenscroftThe Country WifeWilliam WycherleyFriendship in FashionThomas OtwayA True WidowThomas ShadwellSir Anthony LoveThomas SoutherneThe Beaux’ StratagemGeorge FarquharThe Beggar’s OperaJohn GayCorrective Satire The Princess of Cleves Nathaniel LeeThe Lucky Chance Aphra BehnThe RelapseJohn VanbrughPollyJohn GayMenippean Satire The RumpJohn TathamA Fond HusbandThomas DurfeyVenice PreservedThomas OtwayAmphitryonJohn DrydenThe Authors FarceHenry FieldingLaughing Comedy The Belle’s StratagemHannah CowleyShe Stoops to ConquerOliver GoldsmithThe School for ScandalRichard Brinsley SheridanGlossaryIndex of Authors and Titles
£70.30
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Restoration Drama
Book SynopsisThis 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.Trade Review"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 innovative writing in reliable editions, and the richest sampling of the post-1660 drama currently available in a single volume." The Review of English Studies "David Womersley's Restoration Drama is easily the most comprehensive anthology available to date. Each of Womersley's introductions to the plays are wonderfully compact mini-guides to the plays, providing information on the author, the sources, the context and stage-history, and pointing out some of the complexities raised by the work. The explanatory notes, though kept to a minimum, are relevant and helpful. What distinuguishes the present collection from its predecessors is the editor's attempt to do justice to the multifarious nature of Restoration drama. All in all . . . this is a most valuable (and moderately priced) collection, which is likely to supersede classroom texts currently used. Future editors and publishers of Restoration plays would do students and scholars a true favour by following Womersley's and Blackwell's lead in striking out in new directions and opening up for further study the full panorama of Restoration drama." English StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction. A Note on The Text. 1. The Adventures of Five Hours. (1662) Sir Samuel Tuke. 2. The Great Favourite, or The Duke of Lerma. (1668) Sir Robert Howard. 3. The Conquest of Granada. (1670) John Dryden. 4. The Rehearsal. (1671) Buckingham. 5. The Country Wife. (1675) William Wycherley. 6. The Plain Dealer. (1676) William Wycherley. 7. The Man of Mode. (1676) Sir George Etherege. 8. The Rover. (1677) Aphra Behn. 9. All for Love. (1677) John Dryden. 10. Lucius Junicus Brutus. (1680) Nathaniel Lee. 11. Venice Preserved. (1682) Thomas Otway. 12. Love for Love. (1695) William Congreve. 13. Love's Last Shift. (1696) Colley Cibber. 14. The Relapse. (1696) Sir John Vanbrugh. 15. The Way of the World. (1700) William Congreve. 16. The Recruiting Officer. (1706) George Farguhar. 17. The Beaux Stratagem. (1707) George Farquhar. 18. The Busie Body. (1709) Susannah Centlivre. Further Reading. Index.
£39.85
Vintage Publishing Restoration
Book SynopsisDiscover this bestselling classic from the author of The Gustav Sonata, charting Robert Merivel's rise and fall through glittering seventeenth-century society. When a twist of fate delivers an ambitious young medical student to the court of King Charles II, he is suddenly thrust into a vibrant world of luxury and opulence. Blessed with a quick wit and sparkling charm, Robert Merivel rises quickly, soon finding favour with the King, and privileged with a position as paper groom' to the youngest of the King's mistresses.But by falling in love with her, Merivel transgresses the one rule that will cast him out from his new-found paradiseA most beautiful and original novel' IndependentTriumphant' Sunday TelegraphDazzling' New York Review of Books *Rose Tremain has sold over ONE MILLION books. Enter her vivid historical world*Trade ReviewFor a vivid – and funny – fictional re-creation of the era, Tremain’s Restoration is hard to beat. * The Times *Richly evocative novel. * BBC History Magazine *Triumphant * Sunday Telegraph *Gripping * Herald *A most beautiful and original novel * Independent *
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Broadview Press The Broadview Anthology of Restoration and
Book SynopsisThis exciting second edition provides an exceptional range of plays edited by leading scholars of Restoration and eighteenth-century theatre. In addition to fifteen plays from the first edition are four new plays and one new afterpiece: Nathaniel Lee?s The Rival Queens, John Vanbrugh?s The Provoked Wife, David Garrick?s Miss in Her Teens, Richard Cumberland?s The West Indian, and Elizabeth Inchbald?s Such Things Are. Every play now features an engaging headnote and a fully edited dramatis personae, prologue, and epilogue. The innovative introduction plunges its readers into the experience of playgoing in London, and the second edition also features supplementary texts, including select actor and actress biographies and theatrical documents that provide a vivid cultural context.
£56.95
The University of Chicago Press Shakespeares Reparative Comedies A Psychoanalytic
Book SynopsisJoseph Westlund brings recent developments in psychoanalytic thought to his elegant and sensitive readings of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, All's Well That Ends Well, and Measure for Measure. Westlund departs from the usual preoccupation in psychoanalytic criticism with conflict and guilt to rely instead on Melanie Klein's theory of reparation, which emphasizes the impulse in life to resolve and transcend conflict. Through interpretations that are new and convincing, Westlund views the interactions of characters in the six comedies as attempts to work through anger and guilt to effect reparations for themselves and for us.
£28.50
De Gruyter Comic character in Restoration drama
£95.00
Penn State University Andrew Marvell and Edmund Waller SeventeenthCentury Praise and Restoration Satire
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Restoration Drama
Book SynopsisThis Companion 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. Introduces readers to the recent boom in scholarship that has revitalised Restoration drama Explores historical and cultural contexts, genres of Restoration drama, and key dramatists, among them Dryden and Behn Trade Review"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." Choice "[...] the riches of Susan Owen's book are sufficient to ensure it a place on anyone's list of essential reading on Restoration Drama." Notes and QueriesTable of ContentsAbout the Contributors viii Preface and Acknowledgements xii PART I The Drama in Context 1 1 The Post-1660 Theatres as Performance Spaces 3Edward A.. Langhans 2 Restoration Dramatic Theory and Criticism 19Paul D. Cannan 3 Theatrical Regulation during the Restoration Period 36Matthew J. Kinservik 4 Libertinism and Sexuality 53Maximillian E. Novak 5 The Restoration Actress 69Deborah Payne Fisk 6 Masculinity in Restoration Drama 92Laura J. Rosenthal 7 Images of Monarchy on the Restoration Stage 109Jessica Munns 8 Restoration Drama and Politics: An Overview 126Susan J. Owen 9 Restoration Drama and Social Class 140Aparna Dharwadker 10 Race, Performance and the Silenced Prince of Angola 161Mita Choudhury 11 Restoration Drama after the Restoration: The Critics, the Repertory and the Canon 177Brian Corman PART II Kinds of Drama 193 12 Heroic Drama and Tragicomedy 195Derek Hughes 13 Restoration Comedy 211J. Douglas Canfield 14 Tragedy and Varieties of Serious Drama 228Jean I. Marsden 15 London Theatre Music, 1660-1719 243Todd S. Gilman 16 Shakespeare and Other Adaptations 274Sandra Clark 17 Rakes, Wives and Merchants: Shifts from the Satirical to the Sentimental 291Kirk Combe PART III Dramatists 309 18 William Davenant and John Dryden 311Richard Kroll 19 'Still on the Criminal's Side, against the Innocent': Etherege, Wycherley and the Ironies of Wit 326Robert Markley 20 'Who Vices Dare Explode': Thomas Shadwell, Thomas Durfey and Didactic Drama of the Restoration 340Christopher J. Wheatley 21 Otway, Lee and the Restoration History Play 355Paulina Kewes 22 Elkanah Settle, John Crowne and Nahum Täte 378Don-John Dugas 23 Two Female Playwrights of the Restoration: Aphra Behn and Susanna Centlivre 396Cynthia Lowenthal 24 William Congreve and Thomas Southerne 412Miriam Handley 25 Sir John Vanbrugh and George Farquhar in the Post-Restoration Age 429John Bull Index 446
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Cambridge University Press Restoration Drama and The Circle of Commerce Tragicomedy Politics and Trade in the Seventeenth Century
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HardPress Publishing Dramatists of the Restoration Sir Aston Cokayne
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Princeton University Press Restoration
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Silver Medal, Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies, Nanovic Institute, University of Notre Dame""[A] handsomely illustrated and profoundly revealing and stimulating book."---Michael Prodger, Literary Review"A slender, handsomely produced volume on the art of the restoration period. . . . The depth and breadth of [Crow’s] learning is stupendous."---Tim Blanning, Art Newspaper"Restoration is a welcome addition to the literature on art after the collapse of the French Empire."---A. L. Palmer, Choice Reviews
£33.25
Iter Press Restoration Womens Drama
£53.20
Cambridge University Press Restoration Drama and The Circle of Commerce
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Restoration Drama
Book SynopsisThis Companion 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.Trade Review"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." Choice "[...] the riches of Susan Owen's book are sufficient to ensure it a place on anyone's list of essential reading on Restoration Drama." Notes and QueriesTable of ContentsAbout the Contributors viii Preface and Acknowledgements xii PART I The Drama in Context 1 1 The Post-1660 Theatres as Performance Spaces 3Edward A.. Langhans 2 Restoration Dramatic Theory and Criticism 19Paul D. Cannan 3 Theatrical Regulation during the Restoration Period 36Matthew J. Kinservik 4 Libertinism and Sexuality 53Maximillian E. Novak 5 The Restoration Actress 69Deborah Payne Fisk 6 Masculinity in Restoration Drama 92Laura J. Rosenthal 7 Images of Monarchy on the Restoration Stage 109Jessica Munns 8 Restoration Drama and Politics: An Overview 126Susan J. Owen 9 Restoration Drama and Social Class 140Aparna Dharwadker 10 Race, Performance and the Silenced Prince of Angola 161Mita Choudhury 11 Restoration Drama after the Restoration: The Critics, the Repertory and the Canon 177Brian Corman PART II Kinds of Drama 193 12 Heroic Drama and Tragicomedy 195Derek Hughes 13 Restoration Comedy 211J. Douglas Canfield 14 Tragedy and Varieties of Serious Drama 228Jean I. Marsden 15 London Theatre Music, 1660-1719 243Todd S. Gilman 16 Shakespeare and Other Adaptations 274Sandra Clark 17 Rakes, Wives and Merchants: Shifts from the Satirical to the Sentimental 291Kirk Combe PART III Dramatists 309 18 William Davenant and John Dryden 311Richard Kroll 19 'Still on the Criminal's Side, against the Innocent': Etherege, Wycherley and the Ironies of Wit 326Robert Markley 20 'Who Vices Dare Explode': Thomas Shadwell, Thomas Durfey and Didactic Drama of the Restoration 340Christopher J. Wheatley 21 Otway, Lee and the Restoration History Play 355Paulina Kewes 22 Elkanah Settle, John Crowne and Nahum Täte 378Don-John Dugas 23 Two Female Playwrights of the Restoration: Aphra Behn and Susanna Centlivre 396Cynthia Lowenthal 24 William Congreve and Thomas Southerne 412Miriam Handley 25 Sir John Vanbrugh and George Farquhar in the Post-Restoration Age 429John Bull Index 446
£38.90
Penguin Books Ltd Restoration
Book SynopsisTim Harris is Professor of History at Brown University. His previous books include London Crowds in the Reign of Charles II and The Politics of the Excluded.
£14.39
Taylor & Francis English Drama Restoration and Eighteenth Century 16601789 Longman Literature In English Series
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Creative Media Partners, LLC Some Account of the English Stage From the Restoration in 1600 to 1830
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Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of Restoration Literature
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of Restoration Literature begins by asking if there was a distinctive literature of the Restoration. For a long time, the answer seemed obvious: heroic drama, libertine comedy, scandalous lyrics, and the short but brilliant career of John Wilmot, earl of Rochester. Could there be an age when the coincidence of literary culture and political rule were any more obvious? But as this Handbook will remind us, some of the most wonderful literature of this Restoration came from writers who had lived across the decades of turbulence and into an age when the Stuart kings returned, when the Church and House of Lords were restored, a world made safe for bishops and for the memory of divine right rule. Of course, these returns and restorations did not meet with uniform celebration. John Milton wrote his great epic poems not in quiet submission but in a kind of resistance to the dominant culture of the 1660s, and Andrew Marvell produced his most brilliant satiric verse by holding up a looking glass to court corruption and Anglican intolerance. So we begin with the most obvious conclusion: Restoration literature does and does not fit to the categories that so long defined the late Stuart age. This book explores and contests, challenges and reimagines the experience embodied by the writing of the late Stuart world and invites readers new to this world and those who have often read its literatures to the pleasures but as well to the challenges and discomforts of its texts.
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Orion Publishing Co Restoration London: Everyday Life in the 1660s
Book SynopsisHow did you clean your teeth in the 1660s? What make-up did you wear? What pets did you keep?Making use of every possible contemporary source, Liza Picard presents an engrossing picture of how life in London was really lived in an age of Samuel Pepys, the libertine court of Charles II and the Great Fire of London. The topics covered include houses and streets, gardens and parks, cooking, clothes and jewellery, cosmetics, hairdressing, housework, laundry and shopping, medicine and dentistry, sex education, hobbies, etiquette, law and crime, religion and popular belief. The London of 350 years ago is brought (and sometimes horrifyingly) to life.'A joy of a book ... It radiates throughout that quality so essential in a good historian: infinite curiosity' ObserverTrade ReviewImagine Samuel Pepys re-incarnated as a 20th-century woman lawyer, and looking back at 17th-century London not as a diarist but as a social analyst. Imagine P. D. James deciding to set a thriller in the time of Charles II and assembling her background materials ... There is almost no aspect of life in Restoration London that is not meticulously described in these 300-odd pages -- Jan Morris * INDEPENDENT *A potpourri of the ordinary and the extraordinary, the predictable and the astonishing * Literary Review *This is a joy of a book. Its style is both simple and evocative ... and it radiates throughout that quality so essential in a good historian: infinite curiosity -- Roy Porter * Observer *An encyclopedic overview of the London of Pepys and Wren ... Answers all those questions about the Great Fire of London you wanted to ask but never knew where to look for the answer -- Andrew Roberts * MAIL ON SUNDAY *Anyone who enjoys the minutiae of life in the past will have great fun exploring -- Juliet Townsend * SPECTATOR *A beautifully produced reference work ... [an] entertaining historical bran tub -- Rose Tremain * FINANCIAL TIMES *A densely textured accumulation of physical detail for the period, a history of the prosaic written with clarity and modesty ... An engagingly eccentric book which adds texture to existing accounts of the time -- Helen Simpson * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT *Picard has a delicious sense of humour, an insatiable curiosity and an acute eye for detail. And she tells you all the things you really want to know about everyday life in London between 1660 and 1670 ... A truly wonderful book * Sydney Morning Herald *How our seventeenth-century ancestors ate, slept, travelled, worshipped, loved, clothed themselves, tried to keep healthy ... A marvellous source-book for historical novelists and film-makers out for authenticity, and a near-perfect bedside book for anyone else * Sunday Telegraph *
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HardPress Publishing Some Account of the English Stage from the Restoration in 1660 to 1880
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Restoration of Nell Gwyn
Book SynopsisFull of humour and bawdy wit, this new comedy transports us into the wanton world of the English Restoration. A new comedy by Steve Trafford with songs by Henry Purcell. King Charles 2nd lies ill, Nell Gwyn, his royal whore, once the brightest star of the Restoration theatre, rages against her fate. What will become of her if Charles is summoned to his Maker? What perils will befall the English nation? Mistress Gwyn and Margery, her maid, lead us a merry dance, filled with their laughter, their tears, and Nell’s enchanting songs of the Baroque: A rollicking romp which ends with a sting in its tail. Eleanor ‘Nell’ Gwyn (2 February 1650 – 14 November 1687) was a long-time mistress of King Charles II of England and Scotland. Called ‘pretty, witty Nell’ by Samuel Pepys, she has been regarded as a living embodiment of the spirit of Restoration England and has come to be considered a folk heroine, with a story echoing the rags-to-royalty tale of Cinderella. She was the most famous Restoration actress and possessed a prodigious comic talent. Gwyn had two sons by King Charles: Charles Beauclerk (1670–1726); and James Beauclerk (1671–1680). The surname of her sons is pronounced 'Bo-Clare'. Charles was created Earl of Burford and later Duke of St. Albans.Trade ReviewA sensitive reconsideration of a misconstrued figure * Guardian *
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Cambridge University Press London and the Restoration 1659 1683
Book SynopsisLondon and the Restoration integrates the history of the kingdom with that of its premier locality in the era of Dryden and Locke.Trade Review"Good things are worth waiting for…Gary De Krey's new study certainly proves that old adage…De Krey writes lucidly, deftly combining narrative with analysis to produce both clarity of exposition and depth of interpretive insight." -H-Albion"Much of the work consists of a rich and lively narrative of civic politics and its interaction with national poitics throughout the period. Its account of the events of the winter of 1659-60, focused on the actions of London's civic leaders, provides a welcome new perspective which helps to suggest how the actions of General Monck, so often regarded as the skillfully enigmatic architect of the Restoration of Charles II, are perhaps more accurately to be seen as an uncertain response to the changing balance of power in the capital." -Paul Seawadr, History of Parliament, London, The Catholic Historical Review"De Krey's book is a timely reminder of the insights to be gained from placing the capital under the microscope: it emphasizes the impact of the metropolis on the wider polity, and it allows sharper definition of the issues that led to conflict...Historians of the Restoration...will be profoundly grateful for the careful presentation of topographical and prosopographical data on the first Whigs and Tories and over two hundred early dissenting leaders." -George Southcombe, University of Oxford, Journal of Modern History"This book provides the essential details necessary to a clear understanding of precisely how much a dynamic functioned, and it does so with extraordinary focus, precision, and lucidity of organization and style...it offers a number of new insights into the larger political currents that marked the history of the period. De Krey's groundbreaking work marks an important step forward for Restoration historiography, and it will no doubt take its place among the leading scholarly investigations of this fascinating phase in England's political development." --Renaissance QuarterlyTable of ContentsList of figures; Map; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Part I. Crisis, 1659–60: Introduction to parts one and two: London and the nation; 1. London and the origins of the Restoration, 1659–60; Part II. Settlement and Unsettlement, 1660–79: 2. The Restoration settlement and an unsettled city, 1660–70; 3. Protestant dissent and the emergence of a civic opposition, 1670–9; Part III. Crisis, 1679–82: Introduction: London and the Restoration crisis, 1679–82; 4. Parliament and Protestantism in crisis: the emergence of parties in London, 1679–81; 5. The contest for the city, 1681–2; 6. Party matters: communities, ideas, and leaders in a divided city, 1679–82; Part IV. Crisis and Conspiracy, 1682–3: Introduction: Whig conspiracy and historical memory; 7. The London Whigs between law and resistance: conscience, consent, and conspiracy, 1682–3; Conclusion: London and the end of the Restoration; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
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Legare Street Press The The Elder Brother. A Comedy. First Printed in 1637 now Reprinted With Slight Alterations and Abridgement for use on Occasions of Entertainment Especially in Schools and Colleges
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Cambridge University Press Performing Restoration Shakespeare
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HardPress Publishing Dramatists of the Restoration
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Wiley-Blackwell Restoration England 1660s
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HardPress Publishing Dramatists of the Restoration
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MY - University of Toronto Press Renaissance Comedy
Book SynopsisIn this second volume of Renaissance Comedy, Donald Beecher presents six more of the best-known plays of the period, each with its own introduction, reading notes, and annotations. Beecher''s general introduction, though stand-alone, complements and extends the historical and critical essay prefacing the first volume. Together, the eleven plays in both volumes illuminate the range, variety, and development of the Italian comedy.The second volume of Renaissance Comedy raises fascinating questions about the uses of classical literature, the conventions of comedy, the politics of theatrical production, and the representation of contemporary social issues. Though it is clear that comedic plays exercised considerable influence over the development of European drama, these plays are above all remarkable for their sheer wit and invention, and their capacity to generate laughter and admiration in readers nearly half a millennium later.Trade Review'The two-volume collection of Renaissance comedies is a precious tool for scholars and readers interested in Italian Renaissance theatre...An extremely welcome addition to any 'Italian library' for English speaking readers.' -- Francesa Schironi International Journal of Classical Tradition, vol 18:03:2011
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Cambridge University Press Restoration Plays and Players
Book SynopsisProviding an account of how Restoration plays were written, performed, printed, adapted and revived for modern audiences, this accessible and engaging book is of great interest to undergraduate and non-specialist readers of theatre studies, Restoration drama and English literature.Trade Review'In addition to discussions of a generous selection of plays, Roberts provides students with succinct, informative and well-paced accounts of the personnel and material circumstances of Restoration Theatre, including the actors, the managers, the theatres and the growth of print culture. There is much to admire here.' Derek Hughes, University of Aberdeen'[Roberts'] theatrical primer will be a welcome addition to any bookshelf for teachers of later seventeenth-century drama. The book's successive chapters cover almost every imaginable topic. … Roberts is particularly good at bridging his close readings of individual plays with the political, social, financial, commercial, managerial, and professional worlds these works circulated in, were shaped by, and shaped themselves.' Andrew Benjamin Bricker, Renaissance and ReformationTable of ContentsList of figures; Preface; 1. Regime change theatre; 2. The life cycle of the Restoration play; 3. Playwrights; 4. Companies; 5. Actors; 6. Playhouses; 7. Audiences and critics; 8. Texts and publishers; 9. Revivals and adaptations; Further reading; Timeline; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Algernon Sidney and the Restoration Crisis 16771683
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Hardpress Publishing Dramatists of the Restoration John Crowne 1
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Cambridge University Press The Restoration Transposed
Book SynopsisThis revisionist study of Restoration literature and culture demonstrates how important the decades between 1660 and 1700 were in transforming, enlarging and diversifying English-language poetry. Wright challenges the longstanding narrative of Restoration poetry as a male, urban, London-centric form obsessed with the contemporary, arguing persuasively that this schema omits crucial literary works and relationships. Framed around three detailed case studies of neglected aspects of Restoration poetry, the book explores the depth of Spenser''s influence, the importance of poetry flourishing in Ireland, the significance of natural landscapes and the vital role of women: both as readers, and writers. This book presents a diverse literary Restoration steeped in historical self-awareness and anxieties, engaged with the world outside England''s capital, and open to new voices. Its impressive scope encompasses myriad little-known writers, while extensive historical research underpins its fresh perspectives on poets such as Dryden, Rochester, Cowley, Milton, Marvell and Behn.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The Spenser problem; 2. Poetry and restoration Ireland; 3. Poetical plants and leafy landscapes; Conclusion: transposing the restoration.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Restoration
Book SynopsisThe Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 has often been depicted as a watershed in English history. This study challenges this portrayal of events, arguing that the Restoration was in fact tentative and insecure, unsure either of its popular support or its future.Trade Review"In this compelling and stylish book, N.H. Keeble explores the political miracle of the Restoration. Using a plethora of diaries and memoirs, poetry and polemic, Keeble helps us listen to the voices of that intensely introspective era." Mark Goldie, Churchill College, Cambridge !-enda "A stimulating overview of one of the most intriguing decades of English history. Generous use of apt, often colourful quotations from contemporary sources gives the book a refreshing air and makes for a compelling read. Keeble's effective use of the latest scholarship adds to the book's value, making it an excellent introduction to the period and essential reading for those interested in the Stuart period." Richard L. Greaves, Florida State UniversityTable of ContentsPreface. List of Abbreviations. A Note on Conventions, Procedures and Dates. Introduction. 1. The Return of the King (1658–60):. The Fall of the Protectorate (September 1658 – April 1659). The Rump Restored (May – September 1659). Don Juan Lamberto(October – December 1659). The Long Parliament Restored (January – March 1660). Monarchy Restored (April – May 1660). 2. The Restoration Year (1660-61):. ‘Past all humane policy'. The Royal Martyr. ‘A time of universal festivity & joy'. Restoration or Revolution?. Executions and Exhumations. 3. Great Zerubbabel: Charles and the Convention (1660):. Images of the King. ‘Our good old Form'. The Declaration of Breda. The Act of Oblivion. The Convention Settlement. 4. Royal Servants: Clarendon and the Cavalier Parliament (1661–67):. Court and Country. The Cavalier Settlement. ‘The fat Scriv'ner'. The Costs of War. ‘The old man's going away'. 5. Fathers in God: the Church of England:. The Worcester House Declaration. The Act of Uniformity. Comprehension, Indulgence and the Clarendon Code. Laudians and Latitude-men. Giant Pope. 6. ‘The patience of heroic fortitude': nonconformity, sedition and. dissent:. ‘Fall'n on evil days': Milton and Bunyan. The experience of persecution. Nonconformist culture. The Licensing Act and the press. Radicals, republicans and plotters. 7. ‘Luxury with Charles restor'?: the temper of the times:. ‘A yeare of prodigies'1665–66). ‘Things going to wrack'. The Cabal (1667–70). Porno-politics. A la mode. 8. ‘Male and female created he them':. Men and Women. The Weaker Vessel. ‘An honourable estate'. A Woman's Place. Men of the World. Afterword. Notes. Index.
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