description: What were the causes of Restoration drama's licentiousness? How did the elegantly-turned comedy of Congreve become the pointed satire of Fielding? And how did Sheridan and Goldsmith reshape the materials they inherited? Richard Bevis argues that none of these questions can be answered without an understanding of Augustan and Georgian history.
language: English
title: English Drama: Restoration and the Eighteenth Century, 1600-1789
titlecomplete: English Drama: Restoration and the Eighteenth Century, 1600-1789 (Longman Literature in English Series)
ratings_count: 1
series: Longman Literature in English Series
publisher: Addison-Wesley