This Broadview edition pairs two of Frances Burney's linked
comedies. They both present the character of Lady Smatter, a "femme
savante" whose lineage may be traced back to Moliere; they both
centre on the misfortunes of the "elle" figure, the dispossessed
heiress and wife who appears frequently in Burney's fiction; and
they both criticize a culture of misogyny that breeds suspicion and
resentment. The Witlings, lighter and more comic, derives from late
seventeenth-century conventions; The Woman-Hater, more
melodramatic, both expresses and warns against the excessive
sensibility of romanticism. Together, these two plays constitute a
miniature history of English drama from the Restoration to the
French Revolution and beyond. This edition contains a valuable
selection of appendices, including: Burney's "Epilogue to Gerilda";
letters and diary entries; contemporary writings on comedy; and
Burney's cast-list for The Woman-Hater.
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