Author: John R. HarringtonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
The Comedy of Manners in the Eighteenth Century
Author: John R. HarringtonComedy of Manners
Author: David L. HirstPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351629905
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
First published in 1979, this book traces comedy of manners from the 1660s to the then present — a scope beyond the traditional focus on the Restoration and early twentieth century. It uncovers an underestimated subversive potential and socially critical force in this particularly English dramatic form, emphasising the distinctive subjects and style that distinguish it from more general forms of witty social satire. The author discusses the major comic dramatists of the post-Restoration period; reassesses the significance of Sheridan, Wilde and Coward; and examines the continuation of the tradition in modern writers. This book will be of interest to students of English literature and drama.
The Comedy of Manners (1660-1700)
Author: Clarence Sibley PainePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Comedies of manners, English
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Comedy of Manners
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Comedies of manners, English
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
The Comedy of Manners
Author: Kenneth MuirPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000579204
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Originally published in 1970, this title starts with an introduction, in which Professor Muir distinguishes between the Comedy of Manners and other types of comedy and traces its origins in English and French literature, there are then chapters on the major writers – Etherege, Dryden, Wycherly, Congreve, Vanbrugh, Farquhar – and on Jeremy Collier’s attack on the immorality and profaneness of the plays. This is followed by a discussion of the reasons for the decline of comedy in the eighteenth century and an account of its revival by Sheridan and, belatedly, by Wilde. Professor Muir takes issue with a number of recent critics on the dramatic value of the plays.
The Comedy of the Eighteenth Century
Author: Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distri
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Politeness in the History of English
Author: Andreas JuckerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108499627
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
From the Middle Ages up to the present day, this book traces politeness in the history of the English language.
The Comedy of Manners from Sheridan to Maugham
Author: Newell W. SawyerPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512806560
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
In the two centuries between the first performance of The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and the outbreak of the First World War, the stage provided an accurate mirror of the changing mores of English society. "High comedy," Newell W. Sawyer writes, "views man as a social animal in the midst of his fellows, with customs, conventions, and traditions of his own devising, and prods him gently or mockingly, as he stands confounded by that which he has made." The comedy of manners became, from its prototype, a dramatic category reflecting the life, thought, and manners of upper-class society, faithful to its traditions and philosophy, and as such offers an ideal medium for such a study as Professor Sawyer has here undertaken. The result is a book that is at once entertaining and serious, a study of two centuries of the British stage,
A History of Early Eighteenth Century Drama, 1700-1750
Author: Allardyce NicollPublisher:
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Manners, Norms and Transgressions in the History of English
Author: Andreas H. JuckerPublisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN: 9027260826
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This volume traces the multifaceted concept of manners in the history of English from the late medieval through the early and late modern periods right up to the present day. It focuses in particular on transgressions of manners and norms of behaviour as an analytical tool to shed light on the discourse of polite conduct and styles of writing. The papers collected in this volume adopt both literary and linguistic perspectives. The fictional sources range from medieval romances and Shakespearean plays to eighteenth-century drama, Lewis Carroll’s Alice books and present-day television comedy drama. The non-fictional data includes conduct books, medical debates and petitions written by lower class women in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The contributions focus in particular on the following questions: What are the social and political ideologies behind rules of etiquette and norms of interaction, and what can we learn from blunders and other transgressions?