Restoration and Eighteenth Century 1660-1789
by
Richard W. Bevis
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
What were the causes of Restoration drama's licentiousness? How did the elegantly-turned comedy of Congreve become the pointed satire of Fielding? And how did Sheridan and Goldsmith reshape the materials they inherited? In the first account of the entire period for more than a decade, Richard Bevis...