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Was born 24th of January, 1670
Born in Bardsey, West Yorkshire, England
Most celebrated of the Restoration comedy writers
Playwright and poet
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Congreve was educated at Trinity College in Dublin; there he met Jonathan Swift
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Artistically, he became a disciple of John Dryden, a poet, playwright and literary critic.
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The Old Bachelor (1693)
The Double-Dealer (1693)
“Love for Love” (1695)
The Mourning Bride (1697)
The Way of the World (1700) The most important
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Congreve never marriedHe had a romance with Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd
Duchess of Marlborough
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Afflicted with poor eyesight for most of his life
He suffered a carriage accident in 1728
William Congreve died on 19 January 1729
He is buried in the Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey
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Premiered in 1700
ComedyLoveMoney
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Restored by Charles II with the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies.
It has been forbiddened by the puritans for 18 years
The comedy has sexual explicity.
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Irony and wit
Marrige, relationship, gossip and sex
Politic,society image
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The characters were sharply differentiated by their speech patterns and their wit.
The freedom of marriage for women.
Reation against the puritanism
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It takes place in the Present.
Comedy of manners
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I Love's but the frailty of the mind
When 'tis not with ambition joined;A sickly flame, which if not fed expires,And feeding, wastes in self-consuming fires.
II 'Tis not to wound a wanton boy
Or am'rous youth, that gives the joy;But 'tis the glory to have pierced a swainFor whom inferior beauties sighed in vain.
III Then I alone the conquest prize,
When I insult a rival's eyes;If there's delight in love, 'tis when I seeThat heart, which others bleed for, bleed for me.
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