The Designs of Carolean Comedy

By Frances M. Kavenik and Eric Rothstein A.B. Ph.D.

The Tempest, Marriage A-la-Mode, The Spanish Fryar,

and other plays are examined as consumer products offering a variety of potentially satisfying images of the world at a time when social and personal values were confused, precarious, and heterogeneous. Many of the comedies permit the viewer to enjoy forbidden, glamorous behavior without feeling guilty.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809314606
• ISBN13: 9780809314607
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.9" x 6.0"