Format:
Book
Author:
Wycherley, William, 1640-1716, author.
Title:
The country wife / William Wycherley ; edited by James Ogden ; with a new introduction by Tiffany Stern.
Publisher, Date:
London : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2017]
©2014
Description:
xxxii, 152 pages ; 20 cm.
Summary:
This bawdy, hilarious, subversive and wickedly satirical drama pokes fun at the humorless, the jealous, and the adulterous alike. It features a country wife, Margery, whose husband believes she is too naìˆve to cuckold him; and an anti-hero, Horner, who pretends to be impotent in order to have unrestrained access to the women keen on 'the sport'. A number of licentious and hypocritical women request Horner's services - the country wife among them.
Series:
New mermaids (London (England))
Subjects:
Married women -- Drama.
Cuckolds -- Drama.
Seduction -- Drama.
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Other Author:
Ogden, James, editor.
Notes:
"First New Mermaid edition 1973"--Title page verso.
"Imprint previously known as Methuen Drama"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781408179895 (pbk.)
140817989X (pbk.)
Other Number:
881062908
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
3659130
Call Number:
822.4
Course Reserves:
0
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