| Description |
xxvii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to literature.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-288) and index. |
| Contents |
The theatre / Edward A. Langhans -- The performance / Joseph Roach -- Adaptations and revivals / Michael Dobson -- Comedy / Brian Corman -- Tragedy / Christopher J. Wheatley -- Tragicomedy / Nancy Klein Maguire -- Farce / Peter Holland -- Restoration and settlement: 1660 and 1688 / Derek Hughes -- Change, skepticism, and uncertainty / Jessica Munns -- Drama and political crisis / Susan J. Owen -- Spectacle, horror, and pathos / Jean I. Marsden -- Gender, sexuality, and marriage / Pat Gill -- Playwright versus priest: profanity and the wit of restoration comedy / Michael Cordner -- The canon and its critics / Robert Markley. |
| Subject |
English drama -- Restoration, 1660-1700 -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Theater -- England -- History -- 17th century -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Added Author |
Payne, Deborah C.
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| ISBN |
0521582156 |
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9780521582155 |
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052158812X paperback |
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9780521588126 paperback |
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