The Comedy of Manners (Hardcover)

Originally published in 1970, this title starts with an introduction, in which Professor Muir distinguishes between the Comedy of Manners and other types of comedy and traces its origins in English and French literature, there are then chapters on the major writers - Etherege, Dryden, Wycherly, Congreve, Vanbrugh, Farquhar - and on Jeremy Collier's attack on the immorality and profaneness of the plays. This is followed by a discussion of the reasons for the decline of comedy in the eighteenth century and an account of its revival by Sheridan and, belatedly, by Wilde. Professor Muir takes issue with a number of recent critics on the dramatic value of the plays.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Comedy
Release date:	April 2022
First published:	1970
Authors:	Kenneth Muir
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	172
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-221561-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
LSN:	1-03-221561-5
Barcode:	9781032215617

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