Four Restoration libertine plays / edited with an introduction and notes by Deborah Payne Fisk.

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Payne, Deborah C

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TextSeries: Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) | Oxford English dramaPublication details: Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (liv, 414 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780191517822
0191517828
9780192832948
0192832948
1280752378
9781280752377

Contained works:

Shadwell, Thomas, 1642?-1692. Libertine
Etherege, George, Sir, 1635?-1691. Man of mode
D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723. Fond husband
Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685. Friendship in fashion

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Four Restoration libertine plays.DDC classification:

822/.408 22

LOC classification:

PR1266 .F675 2005eb

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Contents:

The libertine / Thomas Shadwell -- The man of mode ; or, Sir Fopling Flutter / George Etherege -- A fond husband ; or, The plotting sisters / Thomas D'Urfey -- Friendship in fashion / Thomas Otway.

Summary: These four plays in the Oxford English Drama series capture the range of responses to the fashionable and daring libertine movement in the second half of the seventeenth century. A Fond Husband and Friendship in Fashion are lesser-known comic gems of the Restoration stage; The Man of Mode is Etherege's masterpiece, and The Libertine is Shadwell's experimental and dark version of the Don Juan story. - ;Thomas Shadwell, The Libertine * George Etherege, The Man of Mode * Thomas Durfey, A Fond Husband * Thomas Otway, Friendship in Fashion. These four plays in the Oxford English Drama series captur.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages li-liii).

The libertine / Thomas Shadwell -- The man of mode ; or, Sir Fopling Flutter / George Etherege -- A fond husband ; or, The plotting sisters / Thomas D'Urfey -- Friendship in fashion / Thomas Otway.

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These four plays in the Oxford English Drama series capture the range of responses to the fashionable and daring libertine movement in the second half of the seventeenth century. A Fond Husband and Friendship in Fashion are lesser-known comic gems of the Restoration stage; The Man of Mode is Etherege's masterpiece, and The Libertine is Shadwell's experimental and dark version of the Don Juan story. - ;Thomas Shadwell, The Libertine * George Etherege, The Man of Mode * Thomas Durfey, A Fond Husband * Thomas Otway, Friendship in Fashion. These four plays in the Oxford English Drama series captur.

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