The Rivals- Critic Quotes- AO3 4.0 / 5 based on 2 ratings ? English LiteratureThe Rivals- SheridanA2/A-levelOCR Created by: RosieCreated on: 10-05-14 15:28 Fiskin "Corruption of reasonable attitudes" 1 of 7 James Baldwin "excessive and spurious emotion" 2 of 7 Fiskin "Sheridan creates a confusion of identities that attack sentimentality" 3 of 7 O Toole "Sheridan's comedy of manners" 4 of 7 Diane Maybank "Her [Lydia's] books illustrate what she is meant to be (moral and pious) and what she is (fashion conscious and sexual)" 5 of 7 Jane Tompkins "Represents a monumental effort to reorganise culture from a woman's point of view" 6 of 7 Simon Reade "Sheridan pushes the manners and stereotypes of the plays and society of the time to extremes...he is attacking attitudes to love and money" 7 of 7
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