Restoration comedy - David Womersley

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Title
Restoration comedy
Author
David Womersley
format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Wiley Blackwell
Language
English
UK Publication Date
20020815

The two plays presented in full in this volume - Wycherley's The Country Wife and Congreve's The Way of the World - illustrate the evolution of Restoration comedy between 1675 and 1700.


  • Includes full texts of Wycherley's The Country Wife and Congreve's The Way of the World.

  • Demonstrates how Restoration comedy evolved between 1675 and 1700.

  • Introduces general readers or students to the genre.

  • An editorial introduction guides readers through the plays and the period.

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David Womersley has been a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Jesus College, Oxford since 1984.

Duncan Wu is a Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford, and University Lecturer in English Literature.

Type
BOOK
Keyword Index
English drama - Restoration, 1660-1700.|English drama (Comedy)
Country of Publication
England
Number of Pages
153

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