por Universitat de Barcelona
- When young Phoebe asks Sir Philip Freewit, the man who has got her with child, to fulfil his promise and marry her, he replies with shock: ?My wife! Then I should never love thee more?. Thomas Durfey?s The Marriage-Hater Matched (1692) pokes fun at the figure of the libertine rake, which had become a favourite dramatic type with Restoration theatregoers, and forces him in the end to make up for his past recklessness. Besides the marriage-hater and the two women that vie for his affections, a rem... | Paginas: 248 | Medidas: 210x150
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