She Stoops to Conquer and Other Comedies, Paperback by Goldsmith, Oliver; Fie...
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She Stoops to Conquer and Other Comedies, Paperback by Goldsmith, Oliver; Fie.... She Stoops to Conquer and Other Comedies, Paperback by Goldsmith, Oliver; Fielding, Henry; Garrick, David; Colman, George; Wood, Nigel (EDT), ISBN 0199553882, ISBN-13 9780199553884, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US This edition brings together four eighteenth-century comedies that illustrate the full variety of the social and cultural mores of the time. Fielding's The Modern Husband, written before the 1737 Licensing Act that restricted political and social comment, depicts wife-pandering and widespreadsocial corruption. In Garrick 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 hopeat a time of unrest. Part of the Oxford English Drama series, this edition has modern-spelling texts, critical introduction, wide-ranging annotation, and an informative bibliography.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expertintroductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
