(The) Way of the world / by William Congreve ; edited by Sonia Sahoo and Deblina Hazra

Includes suggested reading.

GENERAL INTRODUCTION : Political and religious contexts -- Socio-economic and intellectual contexts : 1660-1714 -- Restoration drama -- The way of the world -- THE WAY OF THE WORLD : Epistle dedicatory -- Prologue -- Personae dramatis -- Act I -- Act II -- Act III -- Act IV -- Act V -- Epilogue -- CRITICISM : The collier controversy : a short view of the immorality and profaneness of the English stage / Jeremy Collier On the artificial comedy of the last century / Charles Lamb -- John Palmer in the comedy of manners / John Palmer Congreve / Bonamy Dobree -- Obligation, coercion, and economy : the deed of trust in Congreve's the way of the world / Cynthia Klekar -- "Drink up all the water in the sea :" contracting relationships in Congreve's love for love and the way of the world / Lauren Caldwell -- Performing gender on stage and page : women in the way of the world / Avantika Pokhriyal