#in his introduction to the country wife he holds no punches for wycherley sdlfasdf

[britneyshakespeare]

Actually I must resign to the fact that The Country Wife (1675) by William Wycherley is unfortunately hilarious

#ive read almost all of it since noon #it's a quick read. i only have act v left #first i must say. harry horner is a bisexual icon #secondly i am upset that a man who trashed the legacy of aphra behn could almost equal her in wit #at least just judging by this one play. now this shit is raunchy #im still not as familiar with restoration theater as i am the elizabethan/jacobean eras but like? how is it that plays by women seemed #to get the greater criticism for being bawdy in the restoration era. oh my GOD wycherley #no but it is funny it is really really funny #tales from diana #the editor of this 1959 riverside edition of restoration plays. john harold wilson. he's kind of hilarious #i mentioned him in the tags of a post i reblogged about aphra behn the other day. how he called mary pix and delarivier manley #poetasters of the post-restoration decline in theater... that guy #in his introduction to the country wife he holds no punches for wycherley sdlfasdf #after talking about his four successful plays he says: #'he married unwisely; fell out of favor at court; spent seven years in prison for debt; and wasted the remainder #of his life writing bad verse.' SLDIFSDJIFLDIFSL #if someone said that about me. even though i was already dead. i would somehow find a way to kill myself #maybe 20th century literary academic snobs were funnyyyyy #misogynists granted. but when they attacked each other? funny #also even though i am praising the country wife this play is definitely definitely misogynistic like holy shit #k. ive said enough