Tricksters and Estates : On the Ideology of Restoration Comedy

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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Canfield, J. Douglas
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Tricksters in literature.
Rogues and vagabonds in literature.
Literature and society.
Inheritance and succession in literature.
English drama > Restoration.
English drama (Comedy)
Deception in literature.
Comedies of manners, English.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Tricksters dans la litterature.
Tromperie dans la litterature.
Vagabonds dans la litterature.
Successions et heritages dans la litterature.
Comedie anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Litterature et societe > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Theâtre anglais > 1660-1700 (Restauration) > Histoire et critique.
English drama (Comedy) > History and criticism.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
English drama > Restoration, 1660-1700 > History and criticism.
Comedies of manners, English > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; A Note on Texts; Introduction; A THEORETICAL WORD ABOUT GENERIC DISTINCTIONS; TRICKSTERS AND ESTATES; TRICKSTERS, ESTATES, AND SCRAMBLED EGGS: THE MAN OF MODE IN ITS CONTEXT; SHAD WELL AT THE CROSSROADS OF POWER: SPA AS MICROCOSM IN EPSOM WELLS; Part 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; Part 2: Subversive Comedy.
  • 7. Town Tricksters Tup Each Other's Women8. Naughty Heroine Tricksters Get Away with It; 9. Male Folk Tricksters Erupt from Below; 10. Female Folk Tricksters Climb on Top; Part 3: Comical Satire; 11. Tricksters Scourge and Get Scourged; 12. Tricksters Get Blown about by the Wind; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Index of Characters.

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