Study Of The Plays Of Thomas Durfey With A Reprint Of A Fools Preferment Or The Three Dukes Of Dunstable
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A Study of the Plays of Thomas D'Urfey,
Author | : Robert Stanley Forsythe |
Publisher | : Palala Press |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2015-12-13 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781347940549 |
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Tricksters and Estates
Author | : J. Douglas Canfield |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 429 |
Release | : 2021-12-14 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0813189659 |
If the Renaissance was the Golden Age of English comedy, the Restoration was the Silver. These comedies are full of tricksters attempting to gain estates, the emblem and the reality of power in late feudal England. The tricksters appear in a number of guises, such as heroines landing their men, younger brothers seeking estates, or Cavaliers threatened with dispossession. The hybrid nature of these plays has long posed problems for critics, and few studies have attempted to deal with their diversity in a comprehensive way. Now one of the leading scholars of Restoration drama offers a cultural history of the period's comedy that puts the plays in perspective and reveals the ideological function they performed in England during the latter half of the seventeenth century. To explain this function, J. Douglas Canfield groups the plays into three categories: social comedy, which underwrites Stuart ideology; subversive comedy, which undercuts it; and comical satire, which challenges it as fundamentally immoral or amoral. Through play-by-play analysis, he demonstrates how most of the comedies support the ideology of the Stuart monarchs and the aristocracy, upholding what they regarded as their natural right to rule because of an innate superiority over all other classes. A significant minority of comedies, however, reveal cracks in class solidarity, portray witty heroines who inhabit the margins of society, or give voice to folk tricksters who embody a democratic force nearly capable of overwhelming class hierarchy. A smaller yet but still significant minority end in no resolution, no restoration, but, at their most radical, playfully portray Stuart ideology as empty rhetoric. Tricksters and Estates is a truly comprehensive work, offering serious critical readings of many plays that have never before received close attention and fresh insights into more familiar works. By juxtaposing the comedies of such lesser-known playwrights as Orrery, Lacy, and Rawlins with those of more familiar figures like Behn, Wycherley, and Dryden, the author invites a greater appreciation than has previously been possible of the meaning and function of Restoration comedy. This intelligent and wide-ranging study promises is a standard work in its field.
Annals of English Drama, 975-1700
Author | : Alfred Harbage |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780415010993 |
An analytical record of all plays, extinct or lost, chronologically arranged and indexed by authors, titles and dramatic companies.
The Annals of English Drama 975-1700
Author | : Sylvia Stoler Wagonheim |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 393 |
Release | : 2013-08-21 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1134676344 |
An analytical record of all plays, extinct or lost, chronologically arranged and indexed by authors, titles and dramatic companies.
English Literature of the Late Seventeenth Century
Author | : James Runcieman Sutherland |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 618 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : English literature |
ISBN | : |
Catalog of Printed Books of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
Author | : Folger Shakespeare Library |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 672 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : English literature |
ISBN | : |
The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature, Containing an Account of Rare, Curious, and Useful Books, Published in Or Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the Invention of Printing
Author | : William Thomas Lowndes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Books |
ISBN | : |
The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Music
Author | : Barrie Jones |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 780 |
Release | : 2014-06-03 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1135950253 |
The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Music, in 7,500 entries, retains the breadth of coverage, clarity, and accessibility of the highly acclaimed Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Music, from which it is derived. Tracing its lineage to the Everyman Dictionary of Music, now out of print, it boasts a distinguished heritage of the finest musical scholarship. This book provides comprehensive coverage of theoretical and technical music terminology, embracing the many genres and forms of classical music, clearly illustrated with examples. It also provides core information on composers and comprehensive lists of works from the earliest exponents of polyphony to present-day composers.