My Account Log in

1 option

Marriage a-la-mode / John Dryden ; edited by David Crane.

Drama Online: Core Collection Available online

View online
Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dryden, John, 1631-1700, author.
Contributor:
Crane, David, 1942- editor.
Series:
New mermaids
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Marriage--Drama.
Marriage.
Genre:
Drama.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Place of Publication:
London : Bloomsbury, [2014]
Summary:
Half comic and half serious, 'Marriage A-la-Mode' is a spirited study of the trials and passions of love and marriage, a blend of satire and true romance. The play is set in the Sicilian court, and consists of a comic plot written in prose, and a tragic plot written in verse. The comic plot wittily explores the fluttering courtly mode of romance. The serious plot, by contrast, offers a timeless understanding of love and marriage as deeply intertwined, and of love as springing from country innocence and honour, and not from the social intriguing of shallow courtiers.
Notes:
Previously issued in print: London: Methuen Drama, 2003.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 5, 2014).
Other Format:
Print version :
OCLC:
946572344
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.

Find

Home Release notes

My Account

Shelf Request an item Bookmarks Fines and fees Settings

Guides

Using the Find catalog Using Articles+ Using your account