Four Restoration libertine plays

Payne Fisk, Deborah. (Added Author). Shadwell, Thomas, 1642-1642?-1692. Libertine. (Added Author). Etherege, George, Sir, 1635-1635?-1691. Man of mode. (Added Author). D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723 Fond husband. (Added Author). Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685 Friendship in fashion. (Added Author).

Summary: These four plays in the Oxford English Drama series capture the range of responses to the fashionable and daring libertine movement in the second half of the seventeenth century. A Fond Husband and Friendship in Fashion are lesser-known comic gems of the Restoration stage; The Man of Mode is Etherege's masterpiece, and The Libertine is Shadwell's experimental and dark version of the Don Juan story. - ;Thomas Shadwell, The Libertine * George Etherege, The Man of Mode * Thomas Durfey, A Fond Husband * Thomas Otway, Friendship in Fashion. These four plays in the Oxford English Drama series captur.

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ISBN: 0192832948 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780192832948 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0192832948 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0191517828 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780191517822 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (liv, 414 p.)
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Publisher: Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. li-liii).
Formatted Contents Note:	The libertine / Thomas Shadwell -- The man of mode ; or, Sir Fopling Flutter / George Etherege -- A fond husband ; or, The plotting sisters / Thomas D'Urfey -- Friendship in fashion / Thomas Otway.
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