Steele and the Sentimental Comedy (Classic Reprint)
Language: English
Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
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- Title
- Steele and the Sentimental Comedy (Classic Reprint)
- Author
- Maurice Evan Hare
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- HRD
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0331692260
- ISBN 13
- 9780331692266
- Item weight
- 270 grams
Explore the rise of Sentimental Comedy and its contrast with earlier dramatic forms.
This critical study surveys how plays shifted from sharp wit to a focus on private virtue, feeling, and moral reflection, tracing a lineage from Restoration precursors to 18th-century stage practice.
The author guides readers through the roots of this trend, discusses key arguments for and against sentimental drama, and explains how writers and critics shaped public taste. Though the topic centers on stage history, the book also sheds light on how audiences responded to characters who display virtue, emotion, and personal struggle.- Clear explanations of why sentimental comedy emerged and what it valued in contrast to earlier forms
- Character studies of central figures and how their motives drive the action
- Contextual notes on contemporary critics, plays, and the shifting moral climate
- Discussion of how later dramatists drew on or reacted to this tradition
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