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Title: |
The Witlings and The Woman-Hater |
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| By (author): |
Frances Burney Edited by: Peter Sabor, Geoffrey Sill |
| ISBN10-13: |
1551113783 : 9781551113784 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
329 |
| Weight: |
.479 Kg. |
| Published: |
Broadview Press - September 2002 |
| List Price: |
30.75 Pounds Sterling |
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In Stock
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| This Broadview edition pairs two of Frances Burneyâ s linked comedies. They both present the character of Lady Smatter, a â femme savanteâ whose lineage may be traced back to Molière; they both centre on the misfortunes of the â elleâ figure, the dispossessed heiress and wife who appears frequently in Burneyâ 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: Burneyâ s â Epilogue to Gerildaâ ; letters and diary entries; contemporary writings on comedy; and Burneyâ s cast-list for The Woman-Hater. |
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