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Restoration Comedy - Blackwell Essential Literature (Paperback)

David Womersley (editor), Duncan Wu (author of introduction)

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Paperback 160 Pages
Published: 15/08/2002

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Synopsis

The 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.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN: 9780631234722
Number of pages: 160
Weight: 181 g
Dimensions: 216 x 120 x 12 mm