Restoration Comedy [Paperback]

The two plays presented in full in this volume – Wycherley's The Country Wife and Congreve's The Way of the World – illustrate the evolution of Restoration comedy between 1675 and 1700.

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• Includes full texts of Wycherley's The Country Wife and Congreve's The Way of the World.
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• Demonstrates how Restoration comedy evolved between 1675 and 1700.
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• Introduces general readers or students to the genre.
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• An editorial introduction guides readers through the plays and the period.

Series Editor's Preface.

Introduction.

1. William Wycherley (1641-1716):.

The Country Wife (1675).

2. William Congreve (1670-1729):.

The Way of the World (1700).

Index of titles and first lines.

David Womersley has been a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Jesus College, Oxford since 1984.

Duncan Wu is a Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford, and University Lecturer in English Literature.

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