Four Restoration Libertine Plays Oxford World's Classics |
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Author:
| Fisk, Deborah Payne |
Editor:
| Fisk, Deborah Payne |
Series title: | Oxford English Drama Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-280-75237-7 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2005 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $15.25 |
Book Description:
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Thomas Shadwell, "The Libertine"; George Etherege, "The Man of Mode"; Thomas Durfey, "A Fond Husband"; Thomas Otway, "Friendship in Fashion." These four plays in the "Oxford English Drama Series" capture the range of responses to the fashionable and daring libertine movement in the second half of the seventeenth century. "A Fond Husband" and "Friendship in Fashion" are lesser-known comic gems of the Restoration stage; "The Man of Mode" is Etherege's masterpiece, and "The Libertine" is...
More DescriptionThomas Shadwell, "The Libertine"; George Etherege, "The Man of Mode"; Thomas Durfey, "A Fond Husband"; Thomas Otway, "Friendship in Fashion." These four plays in the "Oxford English Drama Series" capture the range of responses to the fashionable and daring libertine movement in the second half of the seventeenth century. "A Fond Husband" and "Friendship in Fashion" are lesser-known comic gems of the Restoration stage; "The Man of Mode" is Etherege's masterpiece, and "The Libertine" is Shadwell's experimental and dark version of the Don Juan story. The texts are freshly edited using modern spelling. There is a critical introduction, wide-ranging annotation, and an informative bibliography which together illuminate the plays' cultural context and theatrical potential for reader and performer alike. 'The series should shape the canon in a number of significant areas. A splendid and imaginative project.' - Professor Anne Barton, Cambridge University.