Author: William Wycherley
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Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Love in a Wood, Or St. James's Park, a Comedy as it is Acted by His Majesty's Servants, Written by Mr. Wycherley ... [London, Drury Lane, 1671.].
Author: William Wycherley
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Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Dictionary Catalog of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Author: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 800
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 800
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The Country Wife
Author: William Wycherley
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408179911
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
'He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool.' This bawdy, hilarious, subversive and wickedly satirical drama pokes fun at the humourless, the jealous, and the adulterous alike. It features a country wife, Margery, whose husband believes she is too naïve to cuckold him; and an anti-hero, Horner, who pretends to be impotent in order to have unrestrained access to the women keen on 'the sport'. A number of licentious and hypocritical women request Horner's services – the country wife among them. The Country Wife has provoked powerfully mixed reactions over the years. The seventeenth century libertine king Charles II saw it twice, and is said to have joined the 'dance of the cuckolds' at the end of one performance; the eighteenth century actor-playwright David Garrick declared it 'the most licentious play in the English language'; the Victorian Macaulay compared it to a skunk, because it was 'too filthy to handle and too noisome even to approach'. Twentieth century productions heralded it a Restoration masterpiece. Sexually frank, and as ready to criticise marriage as infidelity, the virtuosity, linguistic energy, brilliant wit, naughtiness and complexity of this ribald play have made it a staple of the modern stage. This student edition contains a lengthy, entirely new introduction, by leading scholar, Tiffany Stern, with a background on the author, structure, characters, genre, themes, original staging and performance history, as well as an updated bibliography and a fully annotated version of the playtext.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408179911
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
'He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool.' This bawdy, hilarious, subversive and wickedly satirical drama pokes fun at the humourless, the jealous, and the adulterous alike. It features a country wife, Margery, whose husband believes she is too naïve to cuckold him; and an anti-hero, Horner, who pretends to be impotent in order to have unrestrained access to the women keen on 'the sport'. A number of licentious and hypocritical women request Horner's services – the country wife among them. The Country Wife has provoked powerfully mixed reactions over the years. The seventeenth century libertine king Charles II saw it twice, and is said to have joined the 'dance of the cuckolds' at the end of one performance; the eighteenth century actor-playwright David Garrick declared it 'the most licentious play in the English language'; the Victorian Macaulay compared it to a skunk, because it was 'too filthy to handle and too noisome even to approach'. Twentieth century productions heralded it a Restoration masterpiece. Sexually frank, and as ready to criticise marriage as infidelity, the virtuosity, linguistic energy, brilliant wit, naughtiness and complexity of this ribald play have made it a staple of the modern stage. This student edition contains a lengthy, entirely new introduction, by leading scholar, Tiffany Stern, with a background on the author, structure, characters, genre, themes, original staging and performance history, as well as an updated bibliography and a fully annotated version of the playtext.
Love in a Wood
Author: William Wycherley
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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The Routledge History of Literature in English
Author: Ronald Carter
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415243179
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
This is a guide to the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature, charting some of the main features of literary language development and highlighting key language topics.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415243179
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
This is a guide to the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature, charting some of the main features of literary language development and highlighting key language topics.
The Mummers' Play
Author: Reginald John Elliott Tiddy
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Category : Folk-drama, English
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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Category : Folk-drama, English
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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The Learned Lady in England, 1650-1760
Author: Myra Reynolds
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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Palace and Hovel, Or Phases of London Life
Author: Daniel Joseph Kirwan
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Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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Household Politics
Author: Don Herzog
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300180780
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Contends that, though early modern English canonical sources and sermons often urge the subordination of women, this was not indicative of public life, and that husbands, wives and servants often struggled over authority in the household.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300180780
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Contends that, though early modern English canonical sources and sermons often urge the subordination of women, this was not indicative of public life, and that husbands, wives and servants often struggled over authority in the household.
A Collection of Familiar Quotations
Author: John Bartlett
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Category : Quotations
Languages : en
Pages : 660
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Category : Quotations
Languages : en
Pages : 660
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