Character Portrayal in Congreve's Comedies The Old Batchelour, Love for Love, and The Way of the WorldE. Mellen Press, 1996 - 151 páginas This study offers a detailed examination of these three comedies against their Restoration background. Particular attention is paid to the concept of the marriage market. |
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... accepted and the rejected , or the admired and the ridiculed , although Kathleen Lynch's theory of the double comic standard suggests that this is not entirely so easy to accomplish as it might appear at first sight . According to her ...
... accepted and the rejected , or the admired and the ridiculed , although Kathleen Lynch's theory of the double comic standard suggests that this is not entirely so easy to accomplish as it might appear at first sight . According to her ...
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... accepted or rejected as a member of the social élite . ' Harold Love calls this social ideal of the beau monde ' gentility ' , which in its original sense signified being a town - gentleman . A cultivated , town - bred gentleman or lady ...
... accepted or rejected as a member of the social élite . ' Harold Love calls this social ideal of the beau monde ' gentility ' , which in its original sense signified being a town - gentleman . A cultivated , town - bred gentleman or lady ...
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... accepted as a necessity . Social success demanded the ability to manipulate the social interplay for one's own purpose and was invariably connected with intrigue , dissimulation , and deception . Similarly it called for the ability to ...
... accepted as a necessity . Social success demanded the ability to manipulate the social interplay for one's own purpose and was invariably connected with intrigue , dissimulation , and deception . Similarly it called for the ability to ...
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Jeremy Colliers A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness | 5 |
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According amorous Angelica Araminta attacked audience behaviour Belinda Bellmour Brian ed Carl Hanna Klaus century comedy of manners comic Congreve's comedies Congreve's plays contends courtship critics cuckold disguise dramatic dramatists Ernest Benn 1972 Etherege Fainall Fainall's Foakes Fondlewife fools Foresight fortune Frail Fujimura gallants Heartwell hero heroine Holland husband hypocrisy hypocritical Ibid Immorality and Profaneness Jantz Jeremy Collier Lady Wishfort libertine literary Literature London Love for Love lovers Markley marriage marry Marwood matrimony Millamant Millamant's Mirabell Mirabell's mistress moral Muir nature Nevertheless Old Batchelour op.cit Parfitt playwrights pleasure pretended protagonists Prue Puritans Puschmann-Nalenz rake rake-heroes reform regarded relationship Restoration comedy Restoration Fop reveals ridiculous satire Schneider sexual Sharma Short View Silvia Sir Rowland Sir Sampson Sir Wilfull social society stage Tattle thereby truewits Vainlove Vainlove's Valentine Valentine's virtue Weele wife William Congreve wit comedy Wittol witty Witwoud woman women World WW II Wycherley young