The Witlings and the Woman-Hater: And, the Woman-Hater - Couverture souple

Burney, Frances

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1551113783 ISBN 13 : 9781551113784

Editeur : Broadview Press, 2002

Synopsis

“This edition effectively contextualises The Witlings and The Woman-Hater within eighteenth-century theatrical culture and Burney’s own preoccupations, literary and personal.” — Jacqueline Pearson, University of Manchester|This Broadview edition pairs two of Frances Burney’s linked comedies. They both present the character of Lady Smatter, a “femme savante” whose lineage may be traced back to Molière; they both centre on the misfortunes of the “elle” figure, the dispossessed heiress and wife who appears frequently in Burney’s fiction; and they both criticize a culture of misogyny that breeds suspicion and resentment. The Witlings, lighter and more comic, derives from late seventeenth-century conventions; The Woman-Hater, more melodramatic, both expresses and warns against the excessive sensibility of romanticism. Together, these two plays constitute a miniature history of English drama from the Restoration to the French Revolution and beyond. This edition contains a valuable selection of appendices, including: Burney’s “Epilogue to Gerilda”; letters and diary entries; contemporary writings on comedy; and Burney’s cast-list for The Woman-Hater.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Peter Sabor is a professor at McGill University.

Geoffrey Sill is a professor at Rutgers University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Broadview Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1551113783
• ISBN 13: 9781551113784
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 329
• Éditeur: Sabor Peter, Sill Geoffrey
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible