Perspectives on Restoration DramaThis book introduces students to drama from the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 to the early 18th Century. Susan Owen offers representative coverage of new forms of drama in this period, and of ways in which old forms are altered. Her study covers heroic drama, comedy, tragedy, tragi-comedy, and Shakespeare adaptations, by focusing on specific 'dramatic highlights' and giving close reading of particular plays. |
Contents
John Drydens The Conquest | 9 |
Aphra Behns The Rover or The Banisht | 65 |
Nathaniel Lees Lucius Junius Brutus | 85 |
Thomas Otways Venice Preservd | 121 |
John Drydens Troilus and Cressida | 147 |
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