TY - BOOK AU - Thompson,Peggy ED - Bucknell University Press. TI - Coyness and Crime in Restoration Comedy: Women's Desire, Deception, and Agency T2 - Transits : literature, thought & culture SN - 9781611483734 AV - PR698.C6 U1 - 822.309 PY - 2011/// CY - Lanham PB - Bucknell University Press KW - English drama KW - Restoration, 1660-1700 KW - History and criticism KW - English drama (Comedy) KW - Feminist literary criticism KW - Literature and society KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - 17th century KW - Sex role in literature KW - Women in literature KW - Feminist criticism KW - Théâtre anglais KW - 1660-1700 (Restauration) KW - Histoire et critique KW - Comédie anglaise KW - Critique féministe KW - Littérature et société KW - Grande-Bretagne KW - Histoire KW - 17e siècle KW - Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature KW - Femmes dans la littérature KW - DRAMA KW - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Restoration KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Acknowledgments; abbreviations; chapter 1. coyness, conduct, and she would if she could; chapter 2. feminine illusion and masculine violence in wycherley's comedies; chapter 3. unruly women and patriarchal control in dryden's the kind keeper; chapter 4. coyness, love, and money in behn's comedies; chapter 5. liberty and coyness in shadwell's comedies; chapter 6. novelty and coyness in congreve and trotter; chapter 7. marriage, virtue, and coyness in southerne, vanbrugh, and pix; notes; bibliography; index; about the author N2 - .Cs95E872D0{text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt}.csA62DFD6A{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic; }.cs5EFED22F{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; }Coyness and Crime examines the extraordinary focus on feminine coyness in forty English comedies by ten diverse playwrights of the late seventeenth-century. In contexts ranging from reaffirmations of church and king to emerging interests in liberty and UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=431045 ER -