由刘思远所著的《浪子英雄与主权--英国王政复辟喜剧中的政治形势表征(英文版)》将复辟喜剧置于历史、社会和政治语境中加以研究，细致地分析了1660年后五十年间九个颇具代表性的复辟喜剧。作者通过聚焦浪子英雄这一人物舞台形象的演变，讨论了现代主权概念在英格兰的萌发与形成，以及协议主权概念的确立，探究了英国喜剧从文艺复兴时期的浪漫喜剧向18世纪市民喜剧的转变过程和社会历史意义。

Introduction
01 The HistoricaI Context of Restoration Comedies and the RakeHero
02 Literature Review
03 Rake—Hero and Sovereignty
04 The Argument and Structure of the Dissertation
Chapter One
The Rake-Hero and Libertinism：
The Political Predicament of Royal Sovereignty
11 Rake-Hero and Patriarchalism：Illegitimacy of Royal Sovereignty
12 Rake-Hero and Fashion：Theatricality of Royal Sovereignty
13 Rake Hero and Misogyny：Ineffectiveness of Royal Sovereignty
Chapter Two
The Generic Tension between the RakeHere and Comedy：
The Legal Embarrassment ofAbsolute Sovereignty
21 Rake—Hero in Generic Disguise：Threat of Absolute Monarchy
22 Rake—Hero Spoiling the Comic：DeinslituliOnaIizing the Institution of PoliticaI Absolutism
23 Rakishness Resulted from Monopoly Generic Discourse：Reprimand of PoliticaI Absolutism
Chapter Three
The Rake-Hero Rearmed：The Endorsement of Contracted Sovereignty
31 Gentry Rival of Rake—Heroes：New Attributes of Governorship
32 Rake—Hero Contracted：Legal Settlement of Sovereignty
33 A New Rake-Hero：Confidence in PoliticaI Reforms
Conclusion
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