{"product_id":"the-broadview-anthology-of-restoration-and-early-eighteenth-century-drama-paperback","title":"The Broadview Anthology of Restoration and Early Eighteenth-Century Drama - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. Douglas Canfield\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMaja-Lisa Von Sneidern\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This comprehensive and inclusive anthology is the best of its kind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This is the first new full-scale anthology of Restoration and eighteenth-century drama in over sixty years. Concentrating on plays from the heyday of 1660-1737, it focuses especially on Restoration drama proper (1660-1688) and Revolution drama (1689-1714), with a smaller selection of plays from the early Georgian period (1715-1737) and a glimpse at the later Georgian period's \"laughing comedy\" (1770s and 80s). It includes nine sub-genres (heroic romance, political tragedy, personal tragedy, tragicomic romance, social comedy, subversive comedy, corrective satire, menippean satire, and laughing comedy), with the preponderance of exposure given to the jewel of this theatre, its comedy. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The core canonical plays from the era--from Dryden's \u003cem\u003eAll for Love\u003c\/em\u003e and Behn's \u003cem\u003eThe Rover\u003c\/em\u003e to Congreve's \u003cem\u003eThe Way of the World\u003c\/em\u003e and Sheridan's \u003cem\u003eSchool for Scandal\u003c\/em\u003e--are all here, but so are a remarkably wide range of non-canonical works. There are many more plays by women than in any previous general anthology of drama of the period. Also included are a number of works from the neglected 1660s, whose comedies feature delightful, subversive, levelling folk elements. In all there are forty-one plays; each is fully annotated and prefaced with an historical introduction. Also included are a general introduction, head-notes for each genre, and a glossary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The late \u003cstrong\u003eJ. Douglas Canfield\u003c\/strong\u003e was Regents' Professor of English at the University of Arizona. Among his many works on Restoration and eighteenth-century literature are \u003cem\u003eHeroes and States: On the Ideology of Restoration Tragedy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTricksters and Estates: On the Ideology of Restoration Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMaja-Lisa von Sneidern\u003c\/strong\u003e is an adjunct instructor at the University of Arizona. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.4 x 7.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47469123010738,"sku":"9781551112701","price":149.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-broadview-anthology-of-restoration-and-early-eighteenth-century-drama-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}