The Country Wife and Other Plays (Title Love in a Wood/the Gentleman Dancing-Master/the Country Wife/the Plain Dealer - World's Classics) - Softcover

Wycherley, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192826182 ISBN 13: 9780192826183

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1996

Synopsis

William Wycherley's four comedies are admired for their satirical wit, farcical humor, vivid characterization, and social criticism. This edition includes Love in a Wood, The Gentleman Dancing-Master, The Country Wife, and The Plain Dealer. The texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. In addition, there is a scholarly introduction, a note on staging, and detailed annotation.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Dixon, now retired, was formerly Chair of English at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. He has also edited Farquhar's The Recruiting Officer in World's Classics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0192826182
• ISBN 13: 9780192826183
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 528
• Editor: Dixon Peter