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THE FORCD MARRIAGE: A COMEDY By Aphra Behn First Produced in 1670 RESTORATION DRAMA The Forcd Marriage, or the Jealous Bridegroom was first performed in 1670, at the Dukes Theatre in Londons Lincolns Inn Fields. It belongs in the category of Restoration drama, which refers to drama written between 1660, when the monarchy was restored,…
THE FEIGND COURTEZANS: A COMEDY By Aphra Behn First Produced in 1676 RESTORATION DRAMA The Feignd Curtizans: or A Nights Intrigue is a comedy first performed in 1676 at the Dukes Theatre in London, staring the well-known actress and mistress of King Charles II, Nell Gwyn. Set in Rome, The Feignd Curtizans was written and…
THE CITY HEIRESS: A COMEDY By Aphra Behn First Produced in 1686 RESTORATION DRAMA The City Heiress was first produced at the Dukes Theatre, Dorset Garden, in 1682. Although the play conforms to the general rules of Restoration comedy, it also keeps Behns own highly Royalist political point of view. The play concerns the seditious…
ABDELAZER: A TRAGEDY By Aphra Behn First Produced in 1676 RESTORATION DRAMA Abdelazer is Aphra Behns only pure tragedy. Based on Lusts Dominion, accredited to Derkker, Day and Hamilton, Abdelazer was performed on July 3rd 1676. The story revolves around the Moor, Abdelazer, who was onces a captive and a slave in Spain but who…
Henry David Thoreau July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862 Henry David Thoreau was an American essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Civil Disobedience (originally published as ‘Resistance to Civil Government’), an argument for…
Henry David Thoreau July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862 Henry David Thoreau was an American essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Civil Disobedience (originally published as Resistance to Civil Government), an argument for disobedience…
Henry David Thoreau July 12, 1817 May 6, 1862 Henry David Thoreau was an American essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Civil Disobedience (originally published as Resistance to Civil Government), an argument for disobedience…
Henry David Thoreau July 12, 1817 May 6, 1862 Henry David Thoreau was an American essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Civil Disobedience (originally published as Resistance to Civil Government), an argument for disobedience…
Henry David Thoreau July 12, 1817 May 6, 1862 Henry David Thoreau was an American essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Civil Disobedience (originally published as Resistance to Civil Government), an argument for disobedience…
Walden Walden; first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is a book by transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, andto some degreea manual for self-reliance. First published in 1854,…