Tricksters & estates : on the ideology of Restoration comedy /

If the Renaissance was the Golden Age of English comedy, the Restoration was the Silver. These comedies are full of tricksters attempting to gain estates, the emblem and the reality of power in late feudal England. The tricksters appear in a number of guises, such as heroines landing their men, youn...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Canfield, J. Douglas (John Douglas), 1941-2003
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1997.
Subjects:
1600-1700
Geschichte 1660-1700.
Comedies of manners, English > History and criticism.
English drama > Restoration, 1660-1700 > History and criticism.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
English drama (Comedy) > History and criticism.
Inheritance and succession in literature.
Rogues and vagabonds in literature.
Deception in literature.
Tricksters in literature.
Théâtre anglais > 1660-1700 (Restauration) > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Comédie anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Successions et héritages dans la littérature.
Vagabonds dans la littérature.
Tromperie dans la littérature.
Tricksters dans la littérature.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Comedies of manners, English
Deception in literature
English drama (Comedy)
English drama > Restoration
Inheritance and succession in literature
Literature and society
Rogues and vagabonds in literature
Tricksters in literature
Literatur
Sozialstruktur
Gesellschaftskritik
Komödie
Great Britain
Englisch.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Social Comedy. 1. Nubile Tricksters Land Their Men. 2. Mature Women Tricksters Man Their Land. 3. Eligible Male Tricksters Get into the Deed. 4. Some Tricksters Get Tricked. 5. Town Tricksters Tup Their Rivals' Women. 6. Satiric Butts Get Disciplined
  • pt. 2. Subversive Comedy. 7. Town Tricksters Tup Each Other's Women. 8. Naughty Heroine Tricksters Get Away with It. 9. Male Folk Tricksters Erupt from Below. 10. Female Folk Tricksters Climb on Top
  • pt. 3. Comical Satire. 11. Tricksters Scourge and Get Scourged. 12. Tricksters Get Blown about by the Wind.

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