The Works of John Dryden, Volume XIV: Plays; The Kind Keeper, The Spanish Fryar, The Duke of Guise, and The Vindication

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pp. 638, “Kept women, comic clerics, and political schemers enliven the four plays in this volume of the California Dryden. Dryden asserted that The Kind Keeper was a moral play, dedicated to exposing the “crying sin” of keeping a mistress. The production was closed after three nights, but whether because of the play’s success in moralizing, or in exposing, is hard to know.”

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ISBN 520075617
Published Date 1993
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition Very Good
Binding Hardcover
Size 8vo
Place of Publication U.S.A.
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pp. 638, “Kept women, comic clerics, and political schemers enliven the four plays in this volume of the California Dryden. Dryden asserted that The Kind Keeper was a moral play, dedicated to exposing the “crying sin” of keeping a mistress. The production was closed after three nights, but whether because of the play’s success in moralizing, or in exposing, is hard to know.”

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Weight 0.85 kg