She Stoops to Conquer - Couverture souple

Goldsmith, Oliver

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1854594419 ISBN 13 : 9781854594419

Editeur : Nick Hern Books, 1999

Synopsis

Number 44 in Nick Hern Book's Drama Classics series, providing great drama at a great price. Includes the full text, plus a short introduction that takes in the life of the playwright, explores what happens in the play, its place in English comedy and the themes of marriage, education, social standing, deception and disguise.

The best-loved English comedy of the 18th-century is a masterpiece of misunderstandings and a sharp satire on social standing. It brilliantly mocks the snobbery of London through the manipulations of the country, embodied in Goldsmith's great creation Tony Lumpkin. She Stoops to Conquer also celebrates the virtues of "laughing comedy," which Goldsmith advocated over the prevalent sentimental forms of his contemporaries.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774) was an Irish essayist, novelist poet and playwright. His work includes the essay collection The Citizen of the World (1762), the novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), the plays The Good Natur'd Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1773), and the poetry collections Traveller, or, a Prospect of Society (1764), An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1766), and The Deserted Village: A Poem (1770).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nick Hern Books
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1854594419
• ISBN 13: 9781854594419
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 102
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• Personne responsable: non disponible