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Arguably the most perfectly poised of Restoration wit comedies, The
Man of Mode is a finished exercise in dramatic sprezzatura, or
nonchalance, matching the beguiling 'easiness' and 'complaisance'
of its central character. The play's imaginative brilliance depends
upon its author's ability to hint at the dark abyss of passion and
emotional violence at whose edge the modish denizens of the town
perform their graceful ballet. Its seemingly casual construction
and wanton breaches of comic decorum mask a ferocious artistic
control designed to upset the complacency of the audience's moral,
social and aesthetic assumptions by luring them into sympathy for a
character whose dangerous 'wildness' they ought to deplore. It is
at once among the funniest and the most unsettling of comedies in
English. The full, modernized play text is accompanied by incisive
commentary notes, while its engaging introduction unpacks the
complexity of the Restoration's political and theatrical context,
analyses the play's performance history (including Nicholas
Hytner's 2007 modern-dress version) and demonstrates Etherege's
linguistic finesse. This edition is supplemented by a plot summary
and an annotated bibliography. The New Mermaids plays offer: *
Modernized versions of the play text edited to the highest textual
standards * Fully annotated student editions with obscure words
explained and critical, contextual and staging insight provided on
each page * Full Introductions analyzing context, themes, author
background and stage history
Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price The
best comedy of manners written in England before Congreve, The Man
of Mode was first staged in 1676 and contains all the classic
ingredients of Restoration Comedy: adultery, intrigue, gossip - as
well as the first and greatest of the Restoration fops, Sir Fopling
Flutter. This edition, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics
series, is edited by Trevor Griffiths, presenting the complete
text, uncluttered by footnotes, with a full introduction setting
out the historical context.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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++++ Love In A Tub Sir George Etherege Arthur Wilson Verity J. C.
Nimmo, 1888
Title: A Collection of Poems: viz. The Temple of Death: by the
Marquis of Normanby. An Epistle to the Earl of Dorset: by Charles
Montague, Lord Halifax. The Duel of the Stags: by Sir Robert
Howard. With several original poems, never before printed, by the
E. of Roscommon, the E. of Rochester, the E. of Orrery, Sir Charles
Sedley, Sir George Etherege, Mr. Granville, Mr. Stepney, Mr.
Dryden, &c. A revised and enlarged reprint of "A Collection of
Poems by Several Hands" published in 1693.]Publisher: British
Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the
national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's
largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all
known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes
books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books
reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society,
ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many
classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection
has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++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 Anonymous; Etherege, George; Sedley 1701 453 p.; 8
. 1077.l.13.
Title: The Man of Mode, or Sr Fopling Flutter; a comedy in five
acts, and in prose].Publisher: British Library, Historical Print
EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United
Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries
holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats:
books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps,
stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14
million books, along with substantial additional collections of
manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The
POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British
Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and
changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry
to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important
dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover
of the stage and verse. ++++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 Etherege,
George; Dryden, John; 1676. 4 . 841.d.11.(7.)
Title: The Comical Revenge; or Love in a Tub, etc.Publisher:
British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is
the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the
world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items
in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers,
sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes
books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books
reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society,
ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many
classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection
has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++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 Etherege, George; 1690. 4 . 644.h.34.
Title: The Comical Revenge; or Love in a Tub, etc.Publisher:
British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is
the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the
world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items
in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers,
sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes
books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books
reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society,
ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many
classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection
has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++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 Etherege, George; 1689. 71 p.; 4 . 644.h.33.
Title: She Wou'd if she Cou'd, a comedy in five acts and in
prose].Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The FICTION &
PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library
digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a
perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's
most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these
works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the
world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works
the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of
satire. ++++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 Etherege, George; 1693. 4 .
644.h.31.
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
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++++<sourceLibrary>Cambridge University
Library<ESTCID>T120132<Notes>Also issued as part of:
'The theatre: or, select works of the British dramatic poets', vol.
11, Edinburgh, 1768.<imprintFull>Edinburgh: printed by and
for Martin & Wotherspoon, 1768. <collation>95, 1]p.; 12
Title: She Wou'd if she Cou'd, a comedy in five acts and in
prose].Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The POETRY &
DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised
by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of
literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian
verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and
poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage
and verse. ++++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 Etherege, George;
1668. 4 . 644.h.29.
Title: She Wou'd if she Cou'd, a comedy in five acts and in
prose].Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The POETRY &
DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised
by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of
literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian
verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and
poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage
and verse. ++++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 Etherege, George;
1671. 4 . 644.h.30.
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