| Restoration Comedy: Crises of Desire and Identity 1987 Edition Contributor(s): Burns, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333397479 ISBN-13: 9780333397473 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $151.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1987 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Modern - General - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 822 |
| LCCN: 90114527 |
| Series: Crises of Desire and Identity |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.14 lbs) 283 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What is Restoration comedy? What pleasure does it offer its audience, and what significance does it find in exploring that pleasure? Edward Burns here provides a new account of the origins and nature of Restoration comedy as a distinct genre. The book enlarges the usual focus with a wider range of writers than the conventional ossified canon taking in a revaluation of many rarely studied dramatists, a reconsideration of pastoral, and the instatement of women writers as major contributors to the culture of the age. It offers a substantial and original interpretation of one of the most intriguing of seventeenth-century literature forms. |
