Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 294 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9780511999369
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions to literature
Content:
This rich and varied portrait of the drama from 1660 to 1714 provides students with essential information about playwrights, staging and genres, situating them in the social and political culture of the time. No longer seen as a privileged arena for select dramatists and elite courtiers, the Restoration theatre is revealed in all of its tumult, energy and conflict. The fourteen newly-commissioned essays examine the theatre, paying attention to major playwrights such as Dryden, Wycherly and Congreve and also to more minor works and to plays by the first professional female dramatists. The book begins with chapters on the performance of the drama in its own time, on theatres, acting and staging, and continues with the main dramatic genres and themes, with a final chapter on the critical history of the drama. The volume also includes a thorough chronology and biographies and bibliographies of dramatists
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015)
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The theatre
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The performance
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Adaptations and revivals
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Comedy
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Tragedy
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Tragicomedy
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Farce
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Restoration and settlement: 1660 and 1688
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Change, skepticism, and uncertainty
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Drama and political crisis
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Spectacle, horror, and pathos
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Gender, sexuality, and marriage
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Playwright versus priest: profanity and the wit of restoration comedy
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The canon and its critics
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521582155
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521588126
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521582155
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CCOL0521582156
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