The Plays of George Etherege

The Plays of George Etherege

Author: Michael Cordner

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1982-10-28

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780521246545

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Even among the richly talented generation who wrote for the stage during the Restoration, Etherege was, from the start, considered to be a very special kind of innovator. His first play, The Comical Revenge (1664), with its partisan portrait of the Cavalier gentry during the last years of the Revolution and its bravura interweaving of four separate plots, deftly caught an early Restoration mood and enjoyed great popularity. Its successor, She Would if She Could (1668), marks a deliberate change in direction. Audiences, expecting a sequel more akin to The Comical Revenge, were at first faltering in their response, but by 1671 Thomas Shadwell was confidently calling it the best comedy to have been written since the return of the king in 1660. Etherege's masterpiece, however, is his last play, The Man of Mode (1676), which in clarity of vision and freshness of detail surpasses both its predecessors and in the early years of the eighteenth century became a central text in the debate about the worth of Restoration comedy. This edition includes annotated texts of all three plays, prefaced by an account of Etherege's life and the reception of his plays on the stage and in criticism.


The Comical Revenge; Or, Love in a Tub. a Comedy. by the Late Sir George Etherege

The Comical Revenge; Or, Love in a Tub. a Comedy. by the Late Sir George Etherege

Author: GEORGE. ETHEREGE

Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions

Published: 2018-04-20

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9781379874850

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T030923 Titlepage in red and black. Also issued as part of: 'The works of Sir George Etherege', London, 1735, and as part of: 'The dramatic works of Sir George Etherege', printed for T. Lowndes, London, [1780?]. London: printed for Jacob Tonson, 1735. 94, [2]p.: ill.; 12°


Plots and Counterplots

Plots and Counterplots

Author: Richard Braverman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1993-07-29

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 9780521356206

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A study of sexual politics in literary and political plots in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.


Revenge

Revenge

Author: Ted Sullivan

Publisher: Marvel Entertainment

Published: 2014-09-03

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 1302402641

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An all-new graphic novel inspired by ABC's popular television series "Revenge," cowritten by series writer Ted Sullivan! Emily Thorne is a wealthy and good-natured philanthropist who recently befriended the powerful Grayson family. But Emily's real name is Amanda Clarke. Twenty years ago, the Graysons' elite social circle framed Amanda's father for a horrific crime...and Amanda plans to destroy the lives of those who stole her childhood and betrayed her father. Now, experience Amanda's first mission of revenge! After training in Japan, the untested heroine finds herself infiltrating high society in Geneva. There, she uncovers secrets about her past...but her future will be short-lived unless Amanda can defeat a surprising enemy with ties to the people who destroyed her life! Prepare for a thrilling ride into the previously unexplored past of television's most dynamic - and dangerous - girl next door!