Four Restoration Marriage Plays: The Soldier's Fortune; The Princess of Cleves; Amphitryon; or The Two Sosias; The Wives' Excuse; or Cuckolds Make Themselves (Oxford Drama Library) [Hardcover]

Thomas Otway (Author), Nathaniel Lee (Author), John Dryden (Author), Thomas Southerne (Author), Michael Cordner (Editor), Ronald Clayton (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 24, 1995 | ISBN-10: 0198121636 | ISBN-13: 978-0198121633

Marriage and its discontents lie at the heart of Restoration comedy. In all four of the great plays collected here, a married woman confronts her would-be seducer. Each dramatist, however, reinterprets this situation in a novel way. Rich, inventive, and diverse, the plays demonstrate the vigor with which the institution of marriage was treated in the post-1660 playhouse.

Editorial Reviews

Review

`The plays are expertly chosen and edited. Their edition is sure to become standard reading for teachers and students of the period.' Paulina Kewes, University College, Oxford, Review of English Studies, Vol. 48, No. 191, Aug '97

About the Author

Michael Cordner, the General Editor of the new Drama titles in World's Classics, is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Englis and related Literature at the University of York.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 504 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (August 24, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198121636
• ISBN-13: 978-0198121633
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,911,664 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)