Comedy and conscience after the Restoration.

Krutch, Joseph Wood, 1893-1970.,

Comedy and conscience after the Restoration. [print] - New York : Columbia University Press, (c)1969. - x, 300 pages.

Paperback. "Originally published as a Columbia dissertation in 1924."

The development of the Restoration comic tradition -- The drama and society -- Critic and amateur -- Some critical dogmas -- The onslaught on the stage -- The onslaught on the stage (continued) -- The reformation of manners and the stage -- The development of sentimental comedy -- The theory of sentimental comedy.




English drama--Restoration--History and criticism.
English drama (Comedy)--History and criticism.
Conscience in literature.

PR691.K94.C664 1969 PR691