Comedy of Manners

First published in 1970, the introduction distinguishes between the Comedy of Manners and other types of comedy and traces its origins in English and French literature, then chapters on the major writers - Etherege, Dryden, Wycherly, Congreve, Vanbrugh, Farquhar - and on Jeremy Collier's attack on the immorality and profaneness of the plays.

List of contents

Preface. 1. Introduction 2. Sir George Etherege 3. John Dryden 4. Shadwell and Otway 5. William Wycherley 6. Thomas Southerne 7. William Congreve 8. Sir John Vanbrugh 9. George Farquhar 10. Decline and Renewal. Bibliography. Index.

About the author

Kenneth Muir

Summary

First published in 1970, the introduction distinguishes between the Comedy of Manners and other types of comedy and traces its origins in English and French literature, then chapters on the major writers – Etherege, Dryden, Wycherly, Congreve, Vanbrugh, Farquhar – and on Jeremy Collier’s attack on the immorality and profaneness of the plays.

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth Muir, Muir Kenneth
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781032215617
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3221561-7
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Comedy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; French, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Comparative Literature, Literary studies: general