Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- 1 The Politics of Love, Marriage, and Scandal in Congreve's World
- 2 Incognita and Some Problems in Morality and Epistemology
- 3 The “Fashionable Cutt of the Town” and William Congreve's The Old Batchelor
- 4 Political and Moral Double Dealing in Congreve's The Double Dealer
- 5 Foresight in the Stars and Scandal in London: Reading the Hieroglyphics in Congreve's Love for Love
- 6 The Failure of Perception and Politics in Congreve's The Mourning Bride
- 7 Politics and Congreve's The Way of the World
- Afterword
- Works Cited
- Index
List of Illustrations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 July 2020
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- 1 The Politics of Love, Marriage, and Scandal in Congreve's World
- 2 Incognita and Some Problems in Morality and Epistemology
- 3 The “Fashionable Cutt of the Town” and William Congreve's The Old Batchelor
- 4 Political and Moral Double Dealing in Congreve's The Double Dealer
- 5 Foresight in the Stars and Scandal in London: Reading the Hieroglyphics in Congreve's Love for Love
- 6 The Failure of Perception and Politics in Congreve's The Mourning Bride
- 7 Politics and Congreve's The Way of the World
- Afterword
- Works Cited
- Index
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- Publisher: Anthem PressPrint publication year: 2020