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Restoration Comedy

David Womersley (Editor), Duncan Wu (Introduction)
ISBN: 978-0-631-23472-2
Paperback
160 pages
September 2002, ©2002, Wiley-Blackwell
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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.

  • Includes full texts of Wycherley's The Country Wife and Congreve's The Way of the World.

  • Demonstrates how Restoration comedy evolved between 1675 and 1700.

  • Introduces general readers or students to the genre.

  • An editorial introduction guides readers through the plays and the period.