Screen LibraryA companion to Restoration drama
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Blackwell companions to literature and culture ;
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118663400 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xvi, 456 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781118663400 (electronic bk.) 1118663403 (electronic bk.) 0631219234 (acid-free paper) 9780631219231 (acid-free paper) |
| Access: | Available to subscribers only. |
| Index Number: | PR691 |
| CLC: | I561.45 |
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Part I. The Drama in Context: The post-1660 theatres as performance spaces / Edward A. Langhans -- Restoration dramatic theory and criticism / Paul D. Cannan -- Theatrical regulation during the Restoration period / Matthew J. Kinservik -- Libertinism and sexuality / Maximillian E. Novak -- The Restoration actress / Deborah Payne Fisk -- Masculinity in Restoration drama / Laura J. Rosenthal -- Images of monarchy on the Restoration stage / Jessica Munns -- Restoration drama and politics : an overview / Susan J. Owen -- Restoration drama and social class / Aparna Dharwadker -- Race, performance Part II. Kinds of Drama: Heroic drama and tragicomedy / Derek Hughes -- Restoration comedy / J. Douglas Canfield -- Tragedy and varieties of serious drama / Jean I. Marsden -- London theatre music, 1660-1719 / Todd S. Gilman -- Shakespeare and other adaptations / Sandra Clark -- Rakes, wives, and merchants : shifts from the satirical to the sentimental / Kirk Combe. Part III. Dramatists: William Davenant and John Dryden / Richard Kroll -- 'Still on the criminal's side, against the innocent' : Etherege, Wycherley and the ironies of wit / Robert Markley -- 'Who vices dare explode' : Thomas Shadwell, Thomas Durfey and didactic drama of the Restoration / Christopher Wheatley -- Otway, Lee and the Restoration history play / Paulina Kewes -- Elkanah Settle, John Crowne and Nahum Tate / Don-John Dugas -- Two female playwrights of the Restoration : Aphra Behn and Susanna Centlivre / Cynthia Lowenthal -- William Congreve and Thomas Southerne / Miriam Handley -- |