Sabor, Peter (Introduction By ): Frances Burney: The Witlings and the Woman Hater

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Sabor, Peter (Introduction By ) : Frances Burney: The Witlings and the Woman Hater

Chatto & Windus, London, 1988

ISBN 0710810156 /

Fine as new in crisp blue hardcover with gilt lettering. This edition contains two of Frances Burney's comedies: The Witlings, (1778-80) which satirizes the bluestockings (but which was never performed for fear of scandal); and The Woman Hater (1800-02), which explores social pretension and gender conflict. By placing the two works= together, the book enables the reader to observe both the genesis and fruition of a literary idea. The introduction examines Burney's debt to Moliere and the English tradition, the themes of misogyny and misanthropy, and Burney's claim to a place in the literary canon beyond her status as a novelist. ... Book Condition: Fine as

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