The Social Mode of Restoration Comedy |
Contents
A SURVEY OF RESTORATION COMEDY | 1 |
THE TREND of REALISTIC COMEDY FROM JONSON | 11 |
COURT INFLUENCES ON SERIOUS DRAMA IN THE REIGN | 43 |
COURT INFLUENCES ON COMEDY IN THE REIGN | 80 |
THE PRÉCIEUSE TRADITION 16421664 | 107 |
THE PERIOD OF ETHEREGE | 137 |
CONGREVE | 182 |
CONCLUSION | 214 |
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