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If the Renaissance was the Golden Age of English comedy, the Restoration was the Silver. These comedies are full of tricksters attempting to gain estates, the emblem and the reality of power in late feudal England. The tricksters appear in a number of guises, such as heroines landing their men, younger brothers seeking estates, or Cavaliers threatened with dispossession. The hybrid nature of these plays has long posed problems for critics, and few studies have attempted to deal with their diversity in a comprehensive way. Now one of the leading scholars of Restoration drama offers a cultural h

Tricksters in literature. --- Deception in literature. --- Rogues and vagabonds in literature. --- Inheritance and succession in literature. --- English drama (Comedy) --- Literature and society --- English drama --- Trickster in literature --- History and criticism. --- History

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Twentieth-century authors and filmmakers have created a pantheon of mavericks -- some macho, others angst-ridden -- who often cross a metaphorical boundary among the literal ones of Anglo, Native American, and Hispanic cultures. Douglas Canfield examines the concept of borders, defining them as the space between states and cultures and ideologies, and focuses on these border crossings as a key feature of novels and films about the region.Canfield begins in the Old Southwest of Faulkner's Mississippi, addressing the problem of slavery; travels west to North Texas and the infamous Gainesville Ha

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Christian drama, English --- Tragedy. --- History and criticism. --- Rowe, Nicholas, --- Criticism and interpretation.

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Culture in literature. --- English drama --- English drama --- Literature and society --- Literature and society --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism. --- History --- History