Title: Restoration tragedy, 1660-1720,
Authors: Dobrée, Bonamy, 1891-1974.
Publisher: The Clarendon Press,
Year: 1954
Subjects: English drama History and criticism; English drama (Tragedy) History and criticism
Contents: Introduction.--The necessity for heroism.--Restoration criticism; and the trend of writing.--Blank verse and the heroic couplet.--Cleopatra and ʻThe criticall warr.ʾ--John Dryden and artificial tragedy.--Nat Lee and the tragedy of humours.--Thomas Otway.--Nicholas Rowe.--The mourning bride and Cato.--Conclusion.--Bibliography (p. [183]-186)--Index.