Add to ORKGThe Restoration period in England was an historical turning point, witness to the imminent change from the old monarchial system giving the upper hand to the nobility, to a new social order based on industrialism and the rising lower classes. Never again would there be an absolute monarch, nor would land wealth and power be lodged solely in the upper classes. The Restoration was a time when aristocratic society had polished itself to a high degree of wit and intellectual achievement. The comic plays of this period were a perfection of the Comedy of Manners School of Drama, and as a product of the Restoration mind, provided an absorbing tool for studying the times
Includes index.Bibliography : p. 174-178.Introductory -- The framework -- The comedy of manners -- I...
The Restoration Era, 1660-1688, has long borne a reputation as an exceptionally debauched period of ...
There are two classes of critics of Restoration comedy, those who see it from the point of view of e...
"To Make Fools Laugh, and Women Blush, and Wise Men Ashamed": Humour in the English Restoratio
"To Make Fools Laugh, and Women Blush, and Wise Men Ashamed": Humour in the English Restoratio
If the Renaissance was the Golden Age of English comedy, the Restoration was the Silver. These comed...
If the Renaissance was the Golden Age of English comedy, the Restoration was the Silver. These comed...
"To Make Fools Laugh, and Women Blush, and Wise Men Ashamed": Humour in the English Restoratio
301 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1983.The continuity in English com...
In seventeenth-century England, the Cavaliers became increasingly disillusioned with the harsh reali...
John Dryden\u27s satiric prowess developed as he reacted to political, literary, and religious confl...
After the civil conflicts of the seventeenth century, England during the Restoration period began to...
After the civil conflicts of the seventeenth century, England during the Restoration period began to...
To understand the cultural history of England during the Restoration, one need look no further than ...
To understand the cultural history of England during the Restoration, one need look no further than ...
Includes index.Bibliography : p. 174-178.Introductory -- The framework -- The comedy of manners -- I...
The Restoration Era, 1660-1688, has long borne a reputation as an exceptionally debauched period of ...
There are two classes of critics of Restoration comedy, those who see it from the point of view of e...
"To Make Fools Laugh, and Women Blush, and Wise Men Ashamed": Humour in the English Restoratio
"To Make Fools Laugh, and Women Blush, and Wise Men Ashamed": Humour in the English Restoratio
If the Renaissance was the Golden Age of English comedy, the Restoration was the Silver. These comed...
If the Renaissance was the Golden Age of English comedy, the Restoration was the Silver. These comed...
"To Make Fools Laugh, and Women Blush, and Wise Men Ashamed": Humour in the English Restoratio
301 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1983.The continuity in English com...
In seventeenth-century England, the Cavaliers became increasingly disillusioned with the harsh reali...
John Dryden\u27s satiric prowess developed as he reacted to political, literary, and religious confl...
After the civil conflicts of the seventeenth century, England during the Restoration period began to...
After the civil conflicts of the seventeenth century, England during the Restoration period began to...
To understand the cultural history of England during the Restoration, one need look no further than ...
To understand the cultural history of England during the Restoration, one need look no further than ...
Includes index.Bibliography : p. 174-178.Introductory -- The framework -- The comedy of manners -- I...
The Restoration Era, 1660-1688, has long borne a reputation as an exceptionally debauched period of ...
There are two classes of critics of Restoration comedy, those who see it from the point of view of e...