02439nam a22004095a 4500 22118 22090 EG-ScBUE 20210307092723.0 160807t1997 nyua f b 000 0 eng d 0393963349 9780393963342 EG-ScBUE eng EG-ScBUE EG-ScBUE rda 822.052 RES 22 Restoration and eighteenth-century comedy / edited by Scot Mcmillan, Cornell University. Second edition. New York ; W. W. Norton and Company, [1997] c1997 xv, 628 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediated n rdacarrier volume nc A Norton critical edition "Authoritative texts of: The country wife, The man of mode, The rover, The way of the world, The conscious lovers, The school for scandal; contexts, criticism." Includes bibliographical reference. The plays are fully annotated for the modern reader and are accompanied by six illustrations. The close relationship between theater and society during the period continues to be the focus of "Contexts." The editor offers contemporary discussions of the following topics: "On Wit, Humour, and Laughter: 1660-1775," "The Collier Controversy: 1698," "Steele and Dennis: On The Man of Mode and The Conscious Lovers," and "Stages, Actors, and Audiences." "Criticism" has been revised to reflect approaches in scholarly interpretations. Two seminal essays from the First Edition have been retained--Charles Lamb's appreciation of the period's comedy and L. C. Knights's condemnation of it. New essays by Jocelyn Powell, Harriet Hawkins, Elin Diamond, Martin Price, and Laura Brown have been added. BUEsh 40657 English drama (Comedy) 40658 English drama (Comedy) History and criticism. BUEsh 40659 English drama 18th century History and criticism. BUEsh 40660 English drama 18th century. BUEsh 40661 English drama Restoration, 1660-1700 History and criticism. BUEsh 40663 English drama Restoration, 1660-1700. BUEsh BUEsh August 2016 HHUUEENN HHUUEENN October2016 Reading book 34232 40664 McMillin, Scott. editor. ddc 22 822.052 RES BB 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN 2ND 2016-08-07 Purchase 224.00 25868 0 822.052 RES 000033102 2025-07-15 00:00:00 280.00 2016-08-07 BB 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN 2ND 2016-10-13 Purchase 236.00 26103 0 822.052 RES 000033940 2025-07-15 00:00:00 296.00 2016-10-13 BB