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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... critics ' would have been valid if a Christian - humanist tradition had been accepted as the standard of the dramatists . But the society of the Restoration comedy of manners is based on the opposition of Christian humanism as against ...
... critics ' would have been valid if a Christian - humanist tradition had been accepted as the standard of the dramatists . But the society of the Restoration comedy of manners is based on the opposition of Christian humanism as against ...
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... critics such as Lamb , is that the plays are merely fantasies about an imaginary world ; this world , a utopia of ... critic was mainly preoccupied to emphasize that art is never life , however closely related they are , and that ...
... critics such as Lamb , is that the plays are merely fantasies about an imaginary world ; this world , a utopia of ... critic was mainly preoccupied to emphasize that art is never life , however closely related they are , and that ...
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... critics , tends to overemphasize the instructive function of comedy . Restricting its purpose to the reformation of manners , it generally neglects the selfjustifying diverting value of literature . Evaluation of character , especially ...
... critics , tends to overemphasize the instructive function of comedy . Restricting its purpose to the reformation of manners , it generally neglects the selfjustifying diverting value of literature . Evaluation of character , especially ...
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