“Considerately woven out of our selves”: The Attractions of Speech in Thomas Killigrew’s Comedies

Even in his own lifetime the dramatist Thomas Killigrew (1612-1683) acquired the reputation of an accomplished and witty conversationalist. Despite the renewed interest in his works and the vague recognition that raillery is the forte of his dramatic characters, modern criticism has paid scant atten...

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Main Author: J. P. Vander Motten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société d'Etudes Anglo-Américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles 2016-12-01
Series:XVII-XVIII
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/1718/762