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English literature and The Country Wife

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Difference between English literature and The Country Wife

English literature vs. The Country Wife

This article is focused on English-language literature rather than the literature of England, so that it includes writers from Scotland, Wales, and the whole of Ireland, as well as literature in English from countries of the former British Empire, including the United States. The Country Wife is a Restoration comedy written in 1675 by William Wycherley.

Similarities between English literature and The Country Wife

English literature and The Country Wife have 12 things in common (in Unionpedia): Ancient Rome, Aphra Behn, Charles II of England, Farce, George Etherege, John Dryden, John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, Prose, Restoration comedy, Volpone, William Wycherley, Wit.

Ancient Rome

In historiography, ancient Rome is Roman civilization from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, encompassing the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire until the fall of the western empire.

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Aphra Behn

Aphra Behn (14 December 1640? (baptismal date)–16 April 1689) was a British playwright, poet, translator and fiction writer from the Restoration era.

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Charles II of England

Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was king of England, Scotland and Ireland.

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Farce

In theatre, a farce is a comedy that aims at entertaining the audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, and thus improbable.

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George Etherege

Sir George Etherege (c. 1636, Maidenhead, Berkshire – c. 10 May 1692, Paris) was an English dramatist.

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John Dryden

John Dryden (–) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668.

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John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

John Wilmot (1 April 1647 – 26 July 1680) was an English poet and courtier of King Charles II's Restoration court.

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Prose

Prose is a form of language that exhibits a natural flow of speech and grammatical structure rather than a rhythmic structure as in traditional poetry, where the common unit of verse is based on meter or rhyme.

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Restoration comedy

The term "Restoration comedy" refers to English comedies written and performed in the Restoration period from 1660 to 1710.

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Volpone

Volpone (Italian for "sly fox") is a comedy play by English playwright Ben Jonson first produced in 1605–06, drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable.

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William Wycherley

William Wycherley (baptised 8 April 1641 – 1 January 1716) was an English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known for the plays The Country Wife and The Plain Dealer.

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Wit

Wit is a form of intelligent humour, the ability to say or write things that are clever and usually funny.

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English literature and The Country Wife Comparison

English literature has 871 relations, while The Country Wife has 89. As they have in common 12, the Jaccard index is 1.25% = 12 / (871 + 89).

References

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