The development of George Farquhar as a comic dramatist

von Eugene Nelson James

319 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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

• Reihe: Studies in English Literature
• Themen: Sprache und Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik
• ISBN: 9783111029085
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.1972
• Größe: 23 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: de Gruyter Mouton