The Comedy of Manners from Sheridan to Maugham
Author: Newell Wheeler Sawyer
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 296
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The Comedy of Manners from Sheridan to Maugham
Author: Newell W. Sawyer
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2016-11-11
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 1512806560
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the two centuries between the first performance of The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and the outbreak of the First World War, the stage provided an accurate mirror of the changing mores of English society. "High comedy," Newell W. Sawyer writes, "views man as a social animal in the midst of his fellows, with customs, conventions, and traditions of his own devising, and prods him gently or mockingly, as he stands confounded by that which he has made." The comedy of manners became, from its prototype, a dramatic category reflecting the life, thought, and manners of upper-class society, faithful to its traditions and philosophy, and as such offers an ideal medium for such a study as Professor Sawyer has here undertaken. The result is a book that is at once entertaining and serious, a study of two centuries of the British stage,
Comedy of Manners
Author: David L. Hirst
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-07-20
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 1351629905
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1979, this book traces comedy of manners from the 1660s to the then present — a scope beyond the traditional focus on the Restoration and early twentieth century. It uncovers an underestimated subversive potential and socially critical force in this particularly English dramatic form, emphasising the distinctive subjects and style that distinguish it from more general forms of witty social satire. The author discusses the major comic dramatists of the post-Restoration period; reassesses the significance of Sheridan, Wilde and Coward; and examines the continuation of the tradition in modern writers. This book will be of interest to students of English literature and drama.
Idleness, Indolence and Leisure in English Literature
Author: M. Fludernik
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-11-11
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 1137404000
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIdleness, Indolence and Leisure in English Literature is the first study to provide transhistorical perspectives and cutting-edge critical analyses of debates concerning idleness in English literature. The topicality of the subject is emphasized by two pieces of sociological analysis.
Comedy, an Annotated Bibliography of Theory and Criticism
Author: James E. Evans
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9780810819870
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Publisher: 清华大学出版社有限公司
Published: 1933
Total Pages: 344
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKLeben und Werk
Author: Klaus W. Jonas
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9783447061421
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKlaus W. Jonas' zweisprachige Ausgabe behandelt die literarische Laufbahn des Schriftstellers W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), eines der erfolgreichsten und meistgelesenen englischen Dramatiker, Essayisten und Romanciers der ersten Halfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Maugham selbst hat das humorvolle Vorwort in der Form eines Briefes beigesteuert. Eine chronologische Darstellung seines Lebens wird erganzt durch zwei wissenschaftliche Essays des Verfassers zu Maughams umfassendem literarischen Schaffen. Von besonderem Interesse sind die Auszuge aus dem Briefwechsel zwischen Klaus W. Jonas und W. Somerset Maugham, die einen genaueren Einblick in die Personlichkeit des Schriftstellers erlauben und von der engen Vertrautheit der beiden Briefpartner zeugen. Den zweiten Teil der Ausgabe bilden eine ausfuhrliche Bibliographie von Maughams literarischem Schaffen sowie eine Auswahlbibliographie von mehr als 420 kritischen Studien in deutscher, englischer, japanischer, spanischer und franzosischer Sprache. 71 Abbildungen, viele von ihnen bisher unveroffentlicht und aus Privatbesitz, erhohen den dokumentarischen Wert dieses Bandes. In this bilingual edition the author attempts to trace the literary career of William Somerset Maugham (1874-1865), one of the most widely read and performed dramatists, essayists and novelists in English literature in the first half of the twentieth century. Maugham himself has contributed a humorous preface in the form of a letter addressed to the author. The detailed chronology of Maugham's life is being supplemented by two of the author's numerous essays dealing with the stupendous literary oeuvre of this writer. Of special interest are the excerpts from Maugham's letters to his German-born collector and biographer which provide an inside view into his personality and his friendship with Klaus W. Jonas. The second half of this volume contains a bibliographical record of Maugham's life-work and a select bibliography of 420 critical studies in German, English, French, Spanish and Japanese. 71 illustrations, many of which hitherto unpublished and privately owned, enhance the documentary value of this volume.
The Comedy of Manners From Sheridan to Maugham. --
Author: Newell W (Newell Wheeler) Sawyer
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Published: 2021-09-09
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781014741028
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Eighteenth Century English Literature and Its Cultural Background
Author: James Edward Tobin
Publisher: Biblo & Tannen Publishers
Published: 1967
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780819601889
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Literary History of England Vol. 4
Author: A Baugh
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-06-02
Total Pages: 857
ISBN-13: 1136892990
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1959. The scope of this four volume work makes it valuable as a work of reference, connecting one period with another an placing each author clearly in the setting of his time. This is the fourth volume and includes the Nineteeth Century and after (1789-1939).
