She Stoops to Conquer and Other Comedies

by Goldsmith, Oliver; Fielding, Henry; Garrick, David; Colman, George; O'Keeffe, John; Wood, Nigel

• ISBN13: 9780192825667
• ISBN10: 0192825666
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-06-04
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Modern Husband * The Clandestine Marriage * She Stoops to Conquer * Wild Oats This edition brings together four eighteenth-century comedies that illustrate the full variety of the century's drama. Fielding's The Modern Husband , written before the 1737 Licensing Act that restricted political and social comment, depicts wife-pandering and widespread social corruption. InGarrick and Colman's The Clandestine Marriage two lovers marry in defiance of parental wishes and rue the consequences. She Stoops to Conquer explores the comic and not-so-comic consequences of mistaken identity, and in Wild Oats, the 'strolling player' Rover is a beacon of hope at a time ofunrest. Part of the Oxford English Drama series, this edition has modern-spelling texts, critical introduction, wide-ranging annotation and an informative bibliography.

Author Biography

Nigel Wood has edited several volumes of critical essays on eighteenth-century writers, is co-editor with David Lodge of Modern Criticism and Theory, and General Editor of the "Theory in Practice" series for the Open University Press.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. viii
Introduction	p. ix
Note on the Texts	p. xxxvii
Select Bibliography	p. xlii
Chronology	p. xlix
The Modern Husband	p. 1
The Clandestine Marriage	p. 77
She Stoops to Conquer	p. 159
Wild Oats	p. 227
Explanatory Notes	p. 297
Glossary	p. 390
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