Restoration politics and drama
Subtitle: the plays of Thomas Otway, 1675-1683
By: Jessica Munns.
Publisher: University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Newark; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685 -- Political and social views; Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century; English drama -- Restoration, 1660-1700 -- History and criticism; Political plays, English -- History and criticism; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688
Description: Restoration Politics and Drama: The Plays of Thomas Otway, 1675-1683 offers the first major study of the comedies and tragedies of Thomas Otway, one of England's most significant and influential playwrights, who wrote during a period of political crisis and transformation. His finest tragedies, Caius Marius, The Orphan, and Venice Preserv'd, were produced in response to the Popish Plot and Exclusion Crises that violently divided English political life.

The book refers to a wide range of contemporary texts and also draws on revisionist historical studies that have redrawn the map of the seventeenth century, literary and feminist theories, as well as recent works on Restoration theater and drama. Close readings of Otway's plays also produce wide readings of Restoration literary culture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-262) and index.