The paper discusses the modern ways in which the libertine comedy of the Restoration period may be seen to stage a pitiless, though humorous, satire of the seemingly pioneer-like, but actually conservative, proposal of linguistic reform launched by J. Wilkins in his famous "Essay Towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language" (1668).
Arranging Res and Things in Restoration Times: Wilkins's Noah's Ark Sabotaged on the Comic Stage
ZINATO, Susanna
2010-01-01
Abstract
The paper discusses the modern ways in which the libertine comedy of the Restoration period may be seen to stage a pitiless, though humorous, satire of the seemingly pioneer-like, but actually conservative, proposal of linguistic reform launched by J. Wilkins in his famous "Essay Towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language" (1668).
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