The Feminist Voices in Restoration Comedy

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  • The Feminist Voices in Restoration Comedy Book Detail

  • Author : Douglas M. Young
  • Release Date : 1997
  • Publisher :
  • Genre : Drama
  • Pages : 314
  • ISBN 13 :
  • File Size : 26,26 MB

The Feminist Voices in Restoration Comedy by Douglas M. Young PDF Summary

Book Description: Sir George Etherege, William Wycherley and William Congreve introduce into their play-worlds major female characters who demand independence and equality from their male counterparts. This book focuses on each major female character who demands independence and equality of her gallant-libertine before she will commit to marriage or courtship with him. This demand for equality is a contrast to the social and marital relationships found in the real world of 17th century English Restoration society where marriage was a bargaining process for property and where the woman was treated as the man's property. Each of the three playwrights develops his virtuous women in a different way. Wycherley's approach to his characters, for instance, is quite different from that of Etherege and Congreve. But in each case, the playwrights present major female characters who prove themselves superior in wit and wisdom and thoroughly modern in their outlook.

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