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English Stage Comedy 1490-1990: Five Centuries of a Genre

By Alexander Leggatt

Book information

Year
1998
ISBN
9780203004319, 9780203181430, 9780415189361, 9780415245937, 0203004310, 0415189365
LCC
PR631 .L44 1998
Open Library ID
OL353209M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
809 kB (828289 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
192\193
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

English Stage Comedy 1490-1990 is a unique and beautifully written study of the comedy of the English stage from the Tudor period to the late twentieth century. It shows how this remarkably enduring genre has dealt with the tensions of social life, using its conventions as tools for social inquiry. Through an examination of comedy, Alexander Leggatt demonstrates that an approach through genre, neglected in recent criticism, can have much to say about our current concerns with the relations between literature and society. English Stage Comedy 1490-1990 surveys five centuries of classic comic drama, focusing on major playwrights such as: * Shakespeare * Jonson * Etherege * Wycherley * Congreve * Vanbrugh * Goldsmith * Sheridan * Wilde * Shaw * Coward * Orton * Ayckbourn

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