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Literature in context: The Rivals: a play about modern individualism?

Medium Periodical Article
Medium - part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Feb2002 (Volume) 12 (Number) 3
Medium (Periodical) English Review.
Classif 820 ENG
Subject Literature
Page 33-36
Authors Swale, Jill
Contents

In the eighteenth-century Age of Enlightenment people began to reject the conventions of the past in the pursuit of personal pleasure. The author explores how characters and events in The Rivals can be interpreted in the light of such a social context.

Keywords
18th century Britain     18th century drama     18th century society     Drama     Eighteenth century     Eighteenth century Britain     Play     Society