Social Mode of Restoration Comedy

Name: Social Mode of Restoration Comedy
ISBN: 9780429054150

doi:10.4324/9780429054150

ABSTRACT

Published in 1967: This book is a historical account of comedy during the Restoration period in England. It discusses Comedy from Jonson to Shirley, serious drama in the Reign of Charles I and the period of Etherege.

Social Mode of Restoration Comedy

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter Chapter I|10 pages

A Survey of Restoration Comedy

chapter Chapter II|32 pages

The Trend of Realistic Comedy from Jonson to Shirley

chapter Chapter III|37 pages

Court Influences on Serious Drama in the Reign of Charles I

chapter Chapter IV|27 pages

Court Influences on Comedy in the Reign of Charles I

chapter Chapter V|30 pages

The Précieuse Tradition, 1642–1664

chapter Chapter VI|45 pages

The Period of Etherege

chapter Chapter VII|32 pages

Congreve

chapter Chapter VIII|4 pages

Conclusion