Classic to Modern English Literature

In English literature, the term comedy of manners (also anti-sentimental comedy) describes a genre of realistic, satirical comedy. Satire and satirical comedy are used to analyze behaviors to make fun of, criticize, or chastise them in a humorous way. Satire is not one thing. A writer creates successful satire by using a combination of other literary devices. These include irony, hyperbole, repetition, and even types of figurative language like metaphor and simile. The comedy of manners emerged during the Restoration period , which refers to the re-instatement in May 1660 of the Stuart monarchy in England, Scotland, and Ireland. This genre questions and comments upon the manners and social conventions of a greatly sophisticated, artificial society. The satire of fashion, manners, and outlook on life of the social classes is realized with stock characters, also known as character archetypes, which are types of characters in a narrative. There is a wide range of stock characters, coverin