The Broadview anthology of restoration and eighteenth-century comedy
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The Broadview anthology of restoration and eighteenth-century comedy
(Broadview anthologies of English literature)
Broadview Press, c2013
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Anthology of restoration and eighteenth-century comedy
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Note
Bibliography: p. xxiii-xxiv
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The ten plays in this new collection show both the continuity and the changes in comedy over the course of the Restoration and eighteenth century. Each play includes its original prologue and epilogue, as well as an historical introduction and full annotation. The editor's Introduction provides a rich historical and literary context for the plays' composition and production. A glossary of frequently used words likely to be unfamiliar to general readers is also included.
Table of Contents
- Preface Introduction Select Bibliography John Dryden Marriage a la Mode BRIAN CORMAN, ED. William Wycherley The Country Wife PEGGY THOMPSON, ED. George Etherege The Man of Mode
- or, Sir FoplingFlutter JOHN H. O'NEILL, ED. Aphra Behn The Rover
- or, The Banished Cavaliers ANNE RUSSELL, ED. William Congreve The Way of the World RICHARD KROLL, ED. Richard Steele The Conscious Lovers LISA A. FREEMAN, ED. John Gay The Beggar's Opera DIANNE DUGAW, ED. Oliver Goldsmith She Stoops to Conquer
- or, The Mistakes of a Night RICHARD A. BARNEY, ED. Richard Brinsley Sheridan The School for Scandal MITA CHOUNDHURY, ED. Frances Burney The Witlings: A Comedy by a Sister of the Order PETER SABOR AND GEOFFREY SILL, EDS. Appendix: Critical Texts DARRYL P. DOMINGO, ED. From John Dryden, An Essay of Dramatic Poesy (1668) Thomas Shadwell, Preface to The Sullen Lovers
- or, The Curious Impertinent (1668) From John Dryden, Preface to An Evening's Love
- or, The Mock Astrologer (1671) Thomas Shadwell, Preface to The Humourists (1671) Aphra Behn, Preface to The Lucky Chance
- or, An Alderman's Bargain (1686) From Nahum Tate, Preface to A Duke and No Duke (1693) John Dennis, Letters to Congreve "On Humour" (1695) William Congreve, "Concerning Humour in Comedy" (1695) From Jeremy Collier, A Short View of the Immorality and Profanenes of the English Stage (1698) From William Congreve, Amendments of Mr. Collier's False and Imperfect Citations (1698) From Richard Steele, The Spectator (1711-14) From John Dennis, "A Defense of Sir Fopling Flutter" (1722) Richard Steele, Preface to The Conscious Lovers (1723) From John Dennis, "Remarks on a Play Called The Conscious Lovers, A Comedy" (1723) From Samuel Richardson, The Apprentice's Vade Mecum
- or, Young Man's Pocket Companion (1734) From Colley Cibber, An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber (1740) From John Hill, The Actor: A Treatise on the Art of Playing (1750) From Samuel Johnson, The Rambler (1750-52) From Oliver Goldsmith, "An Essay on the Theatre
- or, A Comparison between Laughing and Sentimental Comedy" (1773) From Samuel Johnson, The Lives of the Poets (1779-81) Glossary
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