English Drama: Restoration and Eighteenth Century 1660-1789

English Drama: Restoration and Eighteenth Century 1660-1789 Bevis Richard W. Wydawca: Taylor & Francis Ltd Data wydania: 1988 ISBN: 9780582493933 Liczba stron: 360 Format: 140 x 213 x 21 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: What were the causes of Restoration drama s licentiousness? How did the elegantly-turned comedy of Congreve become the pointed satire of Fielding? And how did Sheridan and Goldsmith reshape the materials they inherited? Richard Bevis argues that none of these questions can be answered without an understanding of Augustan and Georgian history.