Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2014-01-11 Public domain in the USA. 2561 Collier, Jeremy 1650 1726 A Short View of the Immorality, and Profaneness of the English Stage Together with the Sense of Antiquity on this Argument Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_View_of_the_Immorality_and_Profaneness_of_the_English_Stage Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A Short View of the Immorality, and Profaneness of the English Stage" by Jeremy Collier is a critical work written in the late 17th century. The book serves as a rigorous examination and condemnation of the perceived moral failings and vulgarity present in English theatre of the time. Collier aims to highlight how the stage contributes to the corruption of society by promoting immorality and lewdness, undermining virtue and religious values. The opening portion of the book presents Collier's firm stance against the English theatre, focusing on its role in debauching the morals of the audience. He argues that playwrights intentionally employ indecent language and themes, thereby encouraging lewdness and diminishing the moral fabric of society. Collier offers a critique of specific characters and plays, illustrating how they exemplify these corrupting influences. He contends that, unlike classical playwrights who approached themes of love and morality with decorum, modern English plays are rife with obscenity, suggesting that this trend not only undermines public decency but also misleads the audience about virtue itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44645/44645-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 72.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Theater -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Early works to 1800 Theater -- England -- Early works to 1800 PN Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: British Literature 580302 2025-08-18T06:51:52.529471 text/html 549756 2024-10-23T22:10:36 text/html 466117 2025-08-18T06:52:05.485374 application/epub+zip 473097 2025-08-18T06:51:55.272474 application/epub+zip 343008 2025-08-18T06:51:53.850463 application/epub+zip 868807 2025-08-18T06:52:11.627868 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 730522 2025-08-18T06:52:03.639397 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 693112 2022-09-20T11:26:47.016523 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 399100 2025-08-18T06:51:50.409459 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 379216 2024-10-23T22:10:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16976 2025-08-18T06:52:11.800831 application/rdf+xml 22065 2025-08-18T06:51:54.081433 image/jpeg 3417 2025-08-18T06:51:53.966411 image/jpeg 475456 2025-08-18T06:51:52.584442 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia