The School for Scandal and Other Plays
Richly exploited comic situations, effervescent wit, and intricate plots combine to make Sheridan's work among the best of of all English comedy. The School for Scandal (1777) is his masterpiece, a brilliantly crafted comedy of contrasts in which brothers Joseph and Charles Surface contend for Maria, with hilariously differing intentions and results. Also a work of acute comic irony, The Rivals satirizes the romantic posturing of Lydia Languishwhile her disguised suitor Captain Absolute's resourceful contrivances advance an ever inventive and skilfully wrought plot. Included in this edition are the opera play The Duenna and the rarely print…
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Weitere Autoren: Cordner, Michael (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-19-160513-0
- EAN: 9780191605130
- Produktnummer: 13890199
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'378 KB
Über den Autor
Michael Cordner is Professor of English in the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York.
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