Research Catalog

Title

The Broadview anthology of Restoration and eighteenth-century comedy / Brian Corman, editor.

Publication

• Peterborough, Ontario, Canada : Broadview Press, [2013]
• ©2013

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Details

Additional Authors

Corman, Brian, 1945-

Description

xxiv, 588 pages; 24 cm

Series Statement

Broadview anthologies of English literature

Uniform Title

Broadview anthologies of English literature.

Alternative Title

Restoration and eighteenth-century comedy

Subject

• 1660-1700
• English drama > Restoration, 1660-1700
• English drama (Comedy)
• Théâtre anglais > 1660-1700 (Restauration)
• Comédie anglaise
• English drama > Restoration

Genre/Form

• Drama
• Théâtre.

Note

• "Each play includes its original prologue and epilogue, as well as an historical introduction and full annotation"--Page 4 of cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages xxiii-xxiv).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Marriage a la Mode Brian Corman / John Dryden -- The Country Wife Peggy Thompson / William Wycherley -- The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter John H. O'Neill / George Etherege -- The Rover; or, The Banished Cavaliers Anne Russell / Aphra Behn -- The Way of the World Richard Kroll / William Congreve -- The Conscious Lovers Lisa A. Freeman / Richard Steele -- The Beggar's Opera Dianne Dugaw / John Gay -- She Stoops to Conquer; or, The Mistakes of a Night Richard A. Barney / Oliver Goldsmith -- The School for Scandal Mita Choudhury / Richard Brinsley Sheridan -- The Witlings: A Comedy by a Sister of the Order Peter Sabor and Geoffrey Sill, eds. / Frances Burney -- Appendix: Critical Texts / Darryl P. Domingo -- 1.An Essay of Dramatic Poesy (1668) / John Dryden -- 2.Preface to The Sullen Lovers; or, The Curious Impertinent (1668) / Thomas Shadwell -- 3.Preface to An Evening's Love; or, The Mock Astrologer (1671) / John Dryden -- 4.Preface to The Humourists (1671) / Thomas Shadwell -- 5.Preface to The Lucky Chance; or, An Alderman's Bargain (1686) / Aphra Behn -- 6.Preface to A Duke and No Duke (1693) / Nahum Tate -- 7.Letters to Congreve "On Humour" (1695) / John Dennis -- 8."Concerning Humour in Comedy" (1695) / William Congreve -- 9.A Short View of the Immorality and Profanenes of the English Stage (1698) / Jeremy Collier -- 10.Amendments of Mr. Collier's False and Imperfect Citations (1698) / William Congreve -- 11.The Spectator (1711-14) / Richard Steele -- 12."A Defense of Sir Fopling Flutter" (1722) / John Dennis -- 13.Preface to The Conscious Lovers (1723) / Richard Steele -- 14."Remarks on a Play Called The Conscious Lovers, A Comedy" (1723) / John Dennis -- 15.The Apprentice's Vade Mecum; or, Young Man's Pocket Companion (1734) / Samuel Richardson -- 16.An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber (1740) / Colley Cibber -- 17.The Actor: A Treatise on the Art of Playing (1750) / John Hill -- 18.The Rambler (1750-52) / Samuel Johnson -- 19."An Essay on the Theatre; or, A Comparison between Laughing and Sentimental Comedy" (1773) / Oliver Goldsmith -- 20.The Lives of the Poets (1779-81) / Samuel Johnson.

ISBN

• 9781551119229
• 1551119226

OCLC

• 794365771
• SCSB-13313019

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library