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Horner Evolved:
Case Study of the Restoration Rake

       
-Cover of the 1786 version with a poem by Author Boggs.

FULL LENGTH TEXTS

Click to read Brief Summary of Argument.

♣ Click to read Complete Paper.

Text Box: Constancy, by a Restoration Rake
I've Been consistent these two Days together
But Tomorrow may bring sunny Weather
                                                     ~W. Arthur Boggs
 

PRIMARY SOURCES

Click to see Wycherley's Original 1675 Text version of The Country Wife in comparison to the completely reworked 1786 Edition in which Horner does not even appear!
 

♥ Click to read Reviews and Playhouse Advertisements of the play over the course of the Restoration to see how opinions of Wycherley's work change over time. (.jpg)

 

SECONDARY SOURCES

Click to read Annotated Bibliography with links to full Articles, Scholarship, and Books concerning Horner, the Rake-Hero, and concepts of Restoration Morality.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Click to find out more about the mysterious young man, Tucker Laffitte.


 

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