Imaginary Plots And Political Realities In The Plays Of William Congreve Av Maximillian E. Novak

Three of the most popular Restoration comedies in one volume, all dealing with the place of women in society.

Depicts the shallow, brittle world of 'society' where the right artifice in manners, fashion and conversation - and money - eased the passage to success.

After the restoration of King Charles II to the British throne in 1660, dramatists experienced new freedom in an age that broke from the strict morality of puritan rule and in which elegance and wit became the chief virtues. Irreverent, licentious and...

The theme of reflexivity has come to be central to social analysis. In this book three prominent social thinkers discuss the implications of "reflexive modernization" for social and cultural theory today. <br/><p>Ulrich Beck''s...