The Man of Mode

by George Etherege

Overview

Complete text, uncut and uncluttered, plus intro and glossary. New addition to the Drama Classics series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781854599650
Publisher:	Theatre Communications Group
Publication date:	09/01/2007
Series:	Drama Classics
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	4.20(w) x 6.30(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

John Barnard is Professor Emeritus, University of Leeds. His research interests are in Restoration literature, Keats and the second generation Romantics, textual criticism, and book history. Recent publications include The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, Volume IV 1557-1695 (2002).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements     vi
Note to Revised Edition     vi
Introduction     ix
About the Play     ix
Summary of the Plot     x
The Play     x
Realism and Comedy     xi
Dorimant and the Moral Issue     xvi
A Society in Flux     xx
'Wildness' and 'Extravagance'     xxvi
'Complaisance' and Manners     xxx
An Uneasy Balance: Cynicism or Romance?     xxxii
Recent Stage History     xxxvii
Note on the Text     xlv
Early Stage History and Reception     xlviii
The Author     li
Further Reading     lvi
Abbreviations     lix
The Man of Mode     1
Dedication     2
Prologue     4
Dramatis Personae     6
Text     7
Epilogue     157
Dr Staggins's Settings of Dorimant's Song and Sir Car Scroope's Song     159
The Bullies' Song     164