Restoration tragedy, 1660-1720
Publisher: Clarendon press
Published: 1959
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: English drama; History and criticism; English drama (Tragedy)
Notes: Corrected edition.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.-The necessity for heroism.-Restoration criticism; and the trend of writing.-Blank verse and the heroic couplet.-Cleopatra and 'That criticall warr'.-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.