Marriage A-La-Mode [Lingua inglese] - Brossura

Dryden, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0713666668 ISBN 13: 9780713666663

Casa editrice: Methuen Drama, 2003

Riassunto

Dryden's audiences in 1671, both aristocratic and middle-class, wouldhave been quick to respond to the themes of disputed royal succession,Francophilia and loyalty among subjects in his most successfultragicomedy. In the tragic plot, written in verse, young Leonidas hasto struggle to assert his place as the rightful heir to the throne ofSicily and to the hand of the usurper's daughter. In the comic plot,written in prose, two fashionable couples (much more at home in Londondrawing-rooms than at the Sicilian court) play at switching partners inthe 'modern' style. The introduction of this edition argues thatDryden's own ambivalence about King Charles and his entourage, on whomhe came to rely more on more for patronage, manifests itself in bothplots; most of all perhaps in the excessively Francophile Melantha,whose affectation cannot quite hide her endearing joie-de-vivre.

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Book by Dryden John Crane David

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• Editore: Methuen Drama
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0713666668
• ISBN 13: 9780713666663
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 144