In the plays, as in her novels, Burney satirizes the social conventions and pretensions of her day. The Witlings (1779), her first play, is a biting satire on the Bluestockings; it was never performed, however, for fear of a possible scandal. The violent, the grotesque, and the macabre also figure strongly in her writings. Contents Volume 1: The Comedies Introduction Chronology The Witlings (1778-80) Love and Fashion (1798-99) A Busy Day (1800-02) The Woman-Hater (1800-02) Volume 2: The Tragedies Edwy and Elgiva (1788-95) Hubert de Vere (1790-97) The Siege of Pevensey (1790-91) Elberta (1791-1814) Appendix: The Triumphant Toadeater (1798)
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 822/.6
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9780773565555 0773513337
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- PR3316.A4
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- A19 1995eb
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- 1 electronic text (782 p.)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00211323 (OCoLC)191819199 (CaOOCEL)407496
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Table of Contents
- Volume I 2
- Contents 6
- List of Illustrations 7
- Preface 8
- Short Titles 10
- General Introduction 12
- Textual Introduction 43
- Chronology 47
- The Witlings (1778–80) 50
- Love and Fashion (1798–99) 152
- The Woman-Hater (1800–02) 240
- A Busy Day (1800–02) 338
- Appendix: Literary Allusions in The Witlings and The Woman-Hater 447
- Volume II 449
- Contents 453
- List of Illustrations 454
- Edwy and Elgiva (1788–95) 455
- Hubert De Vere (1790–97) 545
- The Siege of Pevensey (1790–91) 619
- Elberta (1791–1814) 683
- Appendix: The Triumphant Toadeater (1798) 763
