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William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright, poet and Whig politician. His works, which form an important component of Restoration literature, were known for their use of satire and the comedy of manners genre.
William Congreve was an English dramatist who shaped the English comedy of manners through his brilliant comic dialogue, his satirical portrayal of the war of the sexes, and his ironic scrutiny of the affectations of his age.
May 18, 2018 · The English dramatist William Congreve (1670-1729) was the most brilliant of the writers of the Restoration comedy of manners. He possessed the wit and charm of the heroes of his plays and was universally admired by his contemporaries.
William Congreve, (born Jan. 24, 1670, Bardsey, near Leeds, Yorkshire, Eng.—died Jan. 19, 1729, London), English dramatist. He was a young protégé of John Dryden when his first major play, The Old Bachelour (1693), met with great success.
Sep 29, 2014 · William Congreve (b. 1670–d. 1729) represents for many the refined culmination of the tradition of Restoration drama. Congreve’s short novella, Incognita: or, Love and Duty Reconciled appeared in 1692, and his poems brought him to the attention of John Dryden who, with Thomas Southerne, assisted him in completing his first comedy, The Old ...
Sir William Congreve, an inventor and rocket pioneer, was born in 1772 and died in 1828. Many writers and critics assert that the wit and brilliance of language in Congreve’s plays have...
Introduction. Autograph Literary Manuscripts. Only two literary autograph manuscripts by Congreve are known to have survived, both poems and both now in the Bodleian Library (CgW 4). The authenticity of these autograph manuscripts may be established by comparison with a considerable number of surviving letters and documents in Congreve's hand.
