Imaginary Plots and Political Realities in the Plays of William - Congrev

Imaginary Plots and Political Realities in the Plays of William Congreve is a study of the political and social milieu that informs William Congreve's writings. The book attempts to read Congreve's plays and his novella, Incognita, against the political and social upheaval of the period initiated by the rebellion of 1688.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; Foreword; Chapter 1, The politics of love, marriage and scandal in Congreve's world; Chapter 2, Incognita and some problems in morality and epistemology; Chapter 3, The "fashionable cutt of the town" and William Congreve's The Old Batchelor; Chapter 4, Political and moral double-dealing in Congreve's The Double Dealer; Chapter 5, Foresight in the stars and scandal in London: Reading the hieroglyphics in Congreve's Love for Love; Chapter 6, The failure of perception in Congreve's The Mourning Bride; Chapter 7, Politics and Congreve's The Way of the World; Afterword; Works Cited; Index.

About the author

Maximillian Novak is a research professor at the University of California Los Angeles and has published widely on the literature of the Restoration and eighteenth century.

Product details

• Authors: Maximillian E Novak, Maximillian E. Novak, Novak Maximillian E.
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781785273728
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-372-8
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 18th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 17th Century, Ireland, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United Kingdom, Great Britain, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literature: history and criticism, Literary Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights