No detailed description available for "The development of George Farquhar as a comic dramatist".
Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- TABLE OF FIGURES -- I. INTRODUCTION THE TRADITIONS IN FARQUHAR CRITICISM AND THE NEED FOR A NEW CRITICAL STUDY OF FARQUHAR S PLAYS -- II. LOVE AND A BOTTLE AS A BURLESQUE OF RESTORATION COMEDY -- III. LUREWELL AND THE JILTING WOMEN OF RESTORATION COMEDY -- IV. SIR HARRY WILDAIR THE `POOR SEQUEL TO THE TRIP TO THE JUBILEE -- V. THE ORIGINALITY OF THE INCONSTANT -- VI. THE TWIN-RIVALS AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO FARQUHAR S DEVELOPMENT AND TO ENGLISH COMEDY -- VII. THE MYSTERY OF `THE STAGE COACH -- VIII. THE RECRUITING OFFICER AS A CLIMACTIC PLAY IN THE CAREER OF GEORGE FARQUHAR -- IX. THE BEAUX STRATAGEM FULFILLMENT OF A PROMISE -- X. CONCLUSIONS -- LIST OF WORKS CITED -- INDEX
