Holger Hanowell

Sir Charles Sedley's "The Mulberry-Garden" (1668) and "Bellamira: or, The Mistress" (1687)

An Old-Spelling Critical Edition with an Introduction and a Commentary. Dissertationsschrift

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Produktbeschreibung

In his own time, the court wit Sir Charles Sedley (1639-1701) was praised for his poetic skill rather than for his dramatic talent. Yet, as this old-spelling critical edition of his two comedies shows, Sedley was also a satirist whose plays are worth reading along with the ones of his more celebrated fellow-artists Etherege, Wycherley, and Shadwell. After a biographical introduction, a detailed analysis of the plays and characters concentrates on Sedley's satiric strategies which lambaste the marriage of convenience as well as the conduct of a hypocritical and materialistic society.

Produktdetails

• Münsteraner Monographien zur englischen Literatur / Münster Monographs on English Literature 25
• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 37700
• Neuausg.
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9783631377000
• ISBN-10: 3631377002
• Artikelnr.: 26700497

Autorenporträt

The Author: Holger Hanowell was born in Münster in 1969. He studied English as well as History at the University of Münster, and the University of Sheffield. He took his M.A. in 1997, and his Ph.D. in 2000. From 1997 to 2000, he worked for the Handbuch der Historischen Buchbestände at Münster University under the supervision of Professor Bernhard Fabian.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents : Restoration Comedy - An old-spelling critical edition of Sir Charles Sedley's comedies The Mulberry-Garden and Bellamira: or, The Mistress - Sir Charles Sedley, the man and his dramatic works in the context of dramatic tradition and libertinism - Love, sex and marriage; satirical strategies; stage history.