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Table of Contents
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List of Illustrations |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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Chronology |
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Introduction |
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Chapter 1: ‘The Fulsom Gingle of the Times’ |
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Witness Behn |
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Witness Pepys |
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Witness Jeffrey Boys |
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Witness the King |
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The Verdict |
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Chapter 2: ‘Like Good Tradesmen’ |
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The Changing Scene |
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Illusion of Reality |
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A Paradoxical Relationship |
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The Early Repertoire |
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The Critical Ear |
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Behn’s Conformation |
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Chapter 3: ‘The Best Divertisement that Wise Men Have’ |
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Personal Invective |
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Satirical Cynicism |