She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith

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She Stoops to Conquer Summary

Most everyone has been the target of practical jokes, and most have been out on blind dates. Oliver Goldsmith bases his 1773 comedy She Stoops to Conquer on two such incidents, creating a complicated, convoluted plot based on miscommunication and mistaken identities. At the same time, Goldsmith explores a series of ethical and aesthetic issues.

Audiences responded favorably to She Stoops to Conquer when Goldsmith'splay debuted in 1773 and have continued to do so ever...

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She Stoops to Conquer

5,932 words, approx. 20 pages

She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith, the son of an Anglican clergyman, was born in Ireland in 1728. Sent to Trinity College, Dublin, as a sizara student who performed... Read more

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Oliver Goldsmith

833 words, approx. 3 pages

The Irish poet, dramatist, novelist, and essayist Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774) wrote, translated, or compiled more than 40 volumes. The works for which he is remembered are marked by good sense, moder... Read more

Oliver Goldsmith

8,976 words, approx. 30 pages

Like his older friend and fellow club member Samuel Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith distinguished himself in a broad variety of literary forms, writing essays, biographies, histories, poems, plays, and a no... Read more

Oliver Goldsmith

9,402 words, approx. 32 pages

Oliver Goldsmith, a writer who (as Dr. Johnson said) left no genre untouched, and touched none that he did not adorn, gave us two of the most characteristic poems, the best-loved novel, the most delig... Read more

Oliver Goldsmith

728 words, approx. 3 pages

Oliver Goldsmith has a historical place in Canadian letters as the first published native-born poet. His poem The Rising Village (1825) is the first extended treatment in verse of the difficulties enc... Read more

Oliver Goldsmith

15,719 words, approx. 53 pages

During his short but remarkable literary career of only fifteen years, Oliver Goldsmith wrote individual essays, a pseudoletter essay series, biographies, poems, a novel, and plays--every literary gen... Read more

Oliver Goldsmith

5,985 words, approx. 20 pages

"Nullum fere scribendi genus non tetigit, nullum quod tetigit non ornavit." ("There was scarcely any kind of writing that he did not touch, none that he touched that he did not adorn.") Samuel Johnson... Read more

Oliver Goldsmith

9,508 words, approx. 32 pages

Since its first night on 15 March 1773, Oliver Goldsmith's second play, the comedy She Stoops to Conquer, has appeared in over three hundred different editions and has been produced in the London West... Read more

Oliver Goldsmith

16,288 words, approx. 55 pages

Biography EssayDuring his short but remarkable literary career of only fifteen years, Oliver Goldsmith wrote individual essays, a pseudoletter essay series, biographies, poems, a novel, and plays&mdas... Read more

Oliver Goldsmith

417 words, approx. 2 pages

The Canadian poet Oliver Goldsmith (1794-1861) is remembered primarily for "The Rising Village," the first book of verse to be written by a native Canadian, published in London.Oliver Goldsmith, a gra... Read more