Curated OER
Literature and Humor
From Canterbury Tales to The Odd Couple, this presentation details the different treatments of humor in different literary formats. Numerous authors and works of literature are represented here as examples of satire, irony, comedy, and...
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: The Old Bachelor: A Comedy by William Congreve
Congreve's first play, The Old Bachelor: A Comedy, is available here, formatted for online reading, including its dedication to the Right Honourable Charles, Lord Clifford of Lanesborough, and various other introductory material. There...
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: Love for Love: A Comedy by William Congreve
The complete text of William Congreve's play, Love for Love: A Comedy, available in multiple formats.
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Comedy
This guide provides a general overview of comedy as an art form.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Congreve and the Comedy of Manners
This page from Bartelby.com provides a scholarly discussion of William Congreve's introduction of the comedy of manners in the 18th century.