The development of George Farquhar as a comic dramatist

Nachdruck 2012
ISBN: 978-3-11-102908-5
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 56, 319 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 633 g

Reihe: Studies in English Literature

Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- TABLE OF FIGURES -- I. INTRODUCTION – THE TRADITIONS IN FARQUHAR CRITICISM AND THE NEED FOR A NEW CRITICAL STUDY OF FARQUHAR’S PLAYS -- II. LOVE AND A BOTTLE AS A BURLESQUE OF RESTORATION COMEDY -- III. LUREWELL AND THE JILTING WOMEN OF RESTORATION COMEDY -- IV. SIR HARRY WILDAIR – THE ‘POOR SEQUEL’ TO THE TRIP TO THE JUBILEE -- V. THE ORIGINALITY OF THE INCONSTANT -- VI. THE TWIN-RIVALS AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO FARQUHAR’S DEVELOPMENT AND TO ENGLISH COMEDY -- VII. “THE MYSTERY OF ‘THE STAGE COACH’” -- VIII. THE RECRUITING OFFICER AS A CLIMACTIC PLAY IN THE CAREER OF GEORGE FARQUHAR -- IX. THE BEAUX’ STRATAGEM – FULFILLMENT OF A PROMISE -- X. CONCLUSIONS -- LIST OF WORKS CITED -- INDEX

Autoren/Hrsg.

James, Eugene Nelson

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik