by George Etherege · W.W. Norton · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780510335007
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«The Man of Mode» is the stage comedy by George Etherege, edited by John Barnard, published by W.W. Norton in paperback (151 pages, in English).
An English Restoration comedy set in the seventeenth century, the play satirizes the affected manners and obsession with fashion of high society. Amid entanglements, flirtations and social intrigues, it contrasts courtly dissimulation with the search for love, in an ironic portrait of its era.
1979 edition from the New Mermaids series, edited by John Barnard. Revised reprint including a section on recent stage history and criticism. The play dates from 1676.
Suitable for students of English literature and fans of classical theater and Restoration comedy.
