Etherege And Wycherley

Author : Barbara Kachur
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137047793

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Etherege and Wycherley by Barbara Kachur Pdf

Etherege & Wycherley is the first book-length study devoted solely to these two leading comic dramatists of the early Restoration period. B.A. Kachur explores the major plays by George Etherege and William Wycherley within the context of the cultural, social and political changes that marked the reign of Charles II, and addresses issues such as marriage, manners, heroism, sovereignty and anxieties over class hierarchies which preoccupied late seventeenth-century England. The book provides studies of the following plays: - She Would If She Could - The Man of Mode - The Country Wife - The Plain Dealer In addition to examining the plays as cultural and historical texts, Kachur offers: - Biographical sketches detailing the dramaturgical styles of the two playwrights - An overview of Charles II's reign, including its effects on the dramatic literature of the era - A survey of Carolean theatre and drama outlining innovations in staging, and major dramatic genres - Performance histories which illuminate the ways in which twentieth-century directors have interpreted the comedies to make them accessible to modern audiences

Author : George Etherege,William Congreve,William Wycherley
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005-11-24
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780141937748

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Three Restoration Comedies by George Etherege,William Congreve,William Wycherley Pdf

After 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.

Author : Barbara Kachur
Publisher : Palgrave
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004-06-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0333575407

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Etherege and Wycherley by Barbara Kachur Pdf

Etherege & Wycherley is the first book-length study devoted solely to these two leading comic dramatists of the early Restoration period. B.A. Kachur explores the major plays by George Etherege and William Wycherley within the context of the cultural, social and political changes that marked the reign of Charles II, and addresses issues such as marriage, manners, heroism, sovereignty and anxieties over class hierarchies which preoccupied late seventeenth-century England. The book provides studies of the following plays: * She Would If She Could * The Man of Mode * The Country Wife * The Plain Dealer In addition to examining the plays as cultural and historical texts, Kachur offers: * biographical sketches detailing the dramaturgical styles of the two playwrights * an overview of Charles II's reign, including its effects on the dramatic literature of the era * a survey of Carolean theatre and drama outlining innovations in staging, and major dramatic genres * performance histories which illuminate the ways in which twentieth-century directors have interpreted the comedies to make them accessible to modern audiences.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:612065250

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The Rakes of George Etherege's and William Wycherley's Comedies of Manners: A Social and Dramaturgical Analysis Based on the Experiences of Elite Restoration Royalist Men by Anonim Pdf

The rakes of George Etherege's and William Wycherley's comedies of manners: A social and dramaturgical analysis based on the experiences of elite Restoration Royalist men.

Author : Robert Markley
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015013410322

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Two-edg'd Weapons by Robert Markley Pdf

This book provides an important rereading of dramatic language in the comedies of Etherege, Wycherley, and Congreve. Demonstrating that comic wit of the late 1600s was a potent means by which to question orthodox political, social, and sexual values, this is the first work to draw significantly on postmodern theories to discuss the historical problems posed by late 17th-century dramatic style. Markley provides a dialogic account of style based on the work of Russian theorist Mikhail Bakhtin and gives revisionist reading of seventeenth-century stylistic theory.

Author : Mark Hawkins-Dady
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1024 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135314170

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Reader's Guide to Literature in English by Mark Hawkins-Dady Pdf

Reader's Guide Literature in English provides expert guidance to, and critical analysis of, the vast number of books available within the subject of English literature, from Anglo-Saxon times to the current American, British and Commonwealth scene. It is designed to help students, teachers and librarians choose the most appropriate books for research and study.

Author : Douglas M. Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015041366314

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The Feminist Voices in Restoration Comedy by Douglas M. Young Pdf

Sir George Etherege, William Wycherley and William Congreve introduce into their play-worlds major female characters who demand independence and equality from their male counterparts. This book focuses on each major female character who demands independence and equality of her gallant-libertine before she will commit to marriage or courtship with him. This demand for equality is a contrast to the social and marital relationships found in the real world of 17th century English Restoration society where marriage was a bargaining process for property and where the woman was treated as the man's property. Each of the three playwrights develops his virtuous women in a different way. Wycherley's approach to his characters, for instance, is quite different from that of Etherege and Congreve. But in each case, the playwrights present major female characters who prove themselves superior in wit and wisdom and thoroughly modern in their outlook.

Author : J. L. Styan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1986-08-29
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521274214

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Restoration Comedy in Performance by J. L. Styan Pdf

An exploration of the ways in which Restoration comedy was performed, using the costume, customs, manners and behaviour of the age as a way of understanding its theatre and drama. It also considers problems encountered in early twentieth century revivals of plays by authors such as Etherege, Dryden, Congreve and Farquhar.

Author : Norman Norwood Holland
Publisher : Cambridge, Mass., Harvard U. P
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : CONGREVE, WILLIAM,1670-1729
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045041444

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The First Modern Comedies by Norman Norwood Holland Pdf

Author : Gāmini Salgādo
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : English drama
ISBN : 9780140430271

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Three Restoration Comedies by Gāmini Salgādo Pdf

Author : George Etherege
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-22
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780713681932

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The Man of Mode by George Etherege Pdf

A revised reprint of this classic drama text with the addition of anew section on Recent Stage History and Critical Interpretation.

Author : William Wycherley
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-03
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780486153605

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Four Great Restoration Comedies by William Wycherley Pdf

Comedy classics that defined a new era in drama: The Country Wife by William Wycherley; The Man of Mode by Sir George Etheredge; The Rover by Aphra Behn; and The Relapse by Sir John Vanbrugh.

Author : Sir George Etherege
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : KBNL:UBA000104392

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She Wou'd If She Cou'd by Sir George Etherege Pdf

Author : Henry Ten Eyck Perry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Comic Spirit in Restoration Drama by Henry Ten Eyck Perry Pdf

Author : Henry Ten Eyck Perry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:469460700

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The Comic Spirit in Restoration Drama by Henry Ten Eyck Perry Pdf