Download or read book The Complete Works of William Congreve written by William Congreve and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1923 edition.
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Download or read book The Complete Works of William Congreve written by William Congreve and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Complete Works of William Congreve Congreve s poems Preface to Dryden The Tatler written by William Congreve and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Complete Works of William Congreve Introduction Letters Incognita The old batchelour written by William Congreve and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 of 2 written by William Congreve and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2] by William Congreve For one may apprehend the whole truth to be somewhat thus. Satiric comedy, or comedy of manners, is the art of making ludicrous in dramatic form some phase of life. The writers of our old comedy thought that certain vices-gambling, adultery, and the like-formed a phase of life which for divers reasons, essential and accidental, lent itself best to their purpose. They may, or may not, have thought they were doing society a service: their real justification is that, as artists, they had to take for their art that material they could use best. They used it according to their lights: Wycherley with a coarse and heavy hand, so that it became nauseous; Etherege with a light touch and a gay perception; Congreve with an instinct of good-breeding, with a sure and extensive observation, and with an incomparable style. But all were justified in choosing for their material just what they chose. They sinned artistically, now here, now there; but to complain of this old comedy as a whole, that vice in it is crammed too closely, is to forget that a play is a picture, not a photograph, of life-is life arranged and coloured-and that comedy of manners is composed of foibles or vices condensed and relieved by one another. In so far as they overdid this work, the comic writers were artistically at fault, and Jeremy Collier was a good critic; but when he and his successors go beyond the artistic objection, one takes leave to say, they misapprehend the thing criticised. To complain that 'love' and common morality have no place in satiric comedy is either to contemplate ridicule of them or to ask comedy to be other than satiric. We know what happened when the dramatists gave way: there followed, Hazlitt says, 'those do-me-good, lack-a-daisical, whining, make-believe comedies in the next age, which are enough to set one to sleep, and where the author tries in vain to be merry and wise in the same breath.' These in place of 'the court, the gala day of wit and pleasure, of gallantry, and Charles the Second!' And all because people would not keep their functions distinct, and remember that at a comedy they were in a court of art and not in a court of law! The old comedy is dead, and its spirit gone from the stage: I have but endeavoured to show that no harm need come to our phylacteries, if a flame start from its ashes in the printed book. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Download or read book The Works of Mr William Congreve in Three Volumes written by William Congreve and published by . This book was released on 1752 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Complete Plays of William Congreve written by William Congreve and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Complete Works of William Congreve The way of the world The judgment of Paris Semele Squire Trelooby Humour in comedy The amendments of Mr Collier s citations written by William Congreve and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Comedies of William Congreve written by William Congreve and published by Book Jungle. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume one of Congreve's restoration plays is an excellent example of his genius. William Congreve was an English playwright and poet of the Restoration Period. After writing five highbrow sexual comedies his plays lost favor and he stopped writing. He retired at age 30. The two volume set contains a lengthily introduction and four of his plays: The Old Bachelor, Love for Love, The Double Dealer, and his most famous play The Way of the World."
Download or read book The Complete Works of William Congreve Congreve s poems Preface to Dryden The Tatler written by William Congreve and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 written by William Congreve and published by Pinnacle Press. This book was released on 2017-05-26 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Works of Mr William Congreve written by William Congreve and published by . This book was released on 1753 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Works of William Congreve written by William Congreve and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 799 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first complete edition of the works of William Congreve (1670-1729), one of Britain's most important literary figures. The texts of the plays, novel, poetry, opera, and letters are presented in original spelling. The editor, D.F. McKenzie, has added his own thorough notes at the end of each volume.
Download or read book The Works of William Congreve written by William Congreve and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first complete edition of the works of William Congreve (1670-1729), one of Britain's most important literary figures. The texts of the plays, novel, poetry, opera, and letters are presented in original spelling. The editor, D.F. McKenzie, has added his own thorough notes at the end of each volume.
Download or read book The First third Volume s of the Works of Mr William Congreve written by William Congreve and published by . This book was released on 1710 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
