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