William Wycherley and the Comedy of Fear
William Wycherley and the Comedy of Fear

Author: John A. Vance

Publisher: University of Delaware Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780874137088

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"This is a study of the four plays of William Wycherley - long considered one of England's most important playwrights especially of the theatrically rich Restoration period, 1660-1700. The subject of many a study by the period's leading scholars, Wycherley has been perceived as a vigorous satirist, setting out "quite openly to teach his audience" about a multitude of personal and social sins." "This study takes issue with such impressions. It argues that Wycherley was not so much an attacking playwright but rather a thinking one - little concerned with larger social, political, and moral matters but one fascinated instead by the workings and motivations of fallible and insecure men and women - by that which is constant, pervasive and obsessive."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

William Wycherley [Four Plays]
William Wycherley [Four Plays]

Author: William Wycherley

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-08-10

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13:

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The four plays of William Wycherley are his only works of literature. Yet they earned him fame. The four plays are "Love in a Wood or St. James's Park," published in 1672, "The Gentleman Dancing Master," published in 1673, "The Country Wife, published in 1675," and "The Plain Dealer," published in 1677.

Four Great Restoration Comedies
Four Great Restoration Comedies

Author: William Wycherley

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-04-03

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0486153606

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Comedy classics that defined a new era in drama: The Country Wife by William Wycherley; The Man of Mode by Sir George Etheredge; The Rover by Aphra Behn; and The Relapse by Sir John Vanbrugh.