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  • John Gay and the London Theatre

    par Calhoun Winton ...
    The Beggar's Opera, often referred to today as the first musical comedy, was the most popular dramatic piece of the eighteenth century—and is the work that John Gay (1685-1732) is best remembered for having written. That association of popular music and satiric lyrics has proved to be continuingly attractive, and variations on the Opera have flourished in this century: by Kurt Weill and Bertolt ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • World of Elizabeth Inchbald

    Essays on Literature, Culture, and Theatre in the Long Eighteenth Century

    par Daniel J. Ennis, E. Joe Johnson, Misty G. Anderson, Martha F. Bowden, Mita Choudhury, Robert Craig, W.B. Gerard, Randa Graves, Claudia Thomas Kairoff0, Cynthia J. Lowenthal1, Heather McPherson2, Hugh Reid3, John Vance4, Calhoun Winton5, Annibel Jenkins6, Paula R. Backscheider7, Don Russ8 ...
    This collection centers on the remarkable life and career of the writer and actor Elizabeth Inchbald (1753–1821), active in Great Britain in the late eighteenth century. Inspired by the example of Inchbald’s biographer, Annibel Jenkins (1918–2013), the contributors explore the broad historical and cultural context around Inchbald’s life and work, with essays ranging from the Restoration to the ... En savoir plus

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    Reading Together in the Eighteenth-Century Home

    par Abigail Williams ...
    Collections series The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
    "A lively survey…her research and insights make us conscious of how we, today, use books."—John Sutherland, The New York Times Book ReviewTwo centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainment and an integral component of domestic social life. In this fascinating and vivid history, Abigail Williams explores the ways in which ... En savoir plus

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Aphra Behn

    Modifié par Derek Hughes, Janet Todd ...
    Collections series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    Traditionally known as the first professional woman writer in English, Aphra Behn has now emerged as one of the major figures of the Restoration. She provided more plays for the stage than any other author and greatly influenced the development of the novel with her ground-breaking fiction, especially Love-Letters between a Nobleman and his Sister and Oroonoko, the first English novel set in ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $36.99 CAD Maintenant $31.99 CAD

  • Literary Names

    Personal Names in English Literature

    par Alastair Fowler ...
    Why do authors use pseudonyms and pen-names, or ingeniously hide names in their work with acrostics and anagrams? How has the range of permissible given names changed and how is this reflected in literature? Why do some characters remain mysteriously nameless? In this rich and learned book, Alastair Fowler explores the use of names in literature of all periods - primarily English but also Latin, ... En savoir plus

    $30.99 CAD

  • Ballads and Broadsides in Britain, 1500-1800

    Modifié par Patricia Fumerton, Anita Guerrini ...
    Bringing together diverse scholars to represent the full historical breadth of the early modern period, and a wide range of disciplines (literature, women's studies, folklore, ethnomusicology, art history, media studies, the history of science, and history), Ballads and Broadsides in Britain, 1500-1800 offers an unprecedented perspective on the development and cultural practice of popular print in ... En savoir plus

    $107.99 CAD

  • The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre

    Modifié par Deborah Payne Fisk ...
    Collections series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    This rich and varied portrait of the drama from 1660 to 1714 provides students with essential information about playwrights, staging and genres, situating them in the social and political culture of the time. No longer seen as a privileged arena for select dramatists and elite courtiers, the Restoration theatre is revealed in all of its tumult, energy and conflict. The fourteen newly-commissioned ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $42.99 CAD Maintenant $31.99 CAD

  • Plotting Early Modern London

    New Essays on Jacobean City Comedy

    par Dieter Mehl ...
    Collections series Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama
    With the publication of Brian Gibbons's Jacobean City Comedy thirty-five years ago, the urban satires by Ben Jonson, John Marston and Thomas Middleton attained their 'official status as a Renaissance subgenre' that was distinct, by its farcical humour and ironic tone, from 'citizen comedy' or 'London drama' more generally. This retrospective genre-building has proved immensely fruitful in the ... En savoir plus

    $107.17 CAD

  • The Oxford English Literary History

    Volume V: 1645-1714: The Later Seventeenth Century

    par Margaret J. M. Ezell ...
    Collections series Oxford English Literary History
    The Oxford English Literary History is the new century's definitive account of a rich and diverse literary heritage that stretches back for a millennium and more. Each of these thirteen groundbreaking volumes offers a leading scholar's considered assessment of the authors, works, cultural traditions, events, and ideas that shaped the literary voices of their age. The series will enlighten and ... En savoir plus

    $34.99 CAD

  • The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing 1660 - 1789

    par Paul Baines, Julian Ferraro, Pat Rogers ...
    The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing**1660-1789 features coverage of the lives and works of almost 500 notable writers based in the British Isles from the return of the British monarchy in 1660 until the French Revolution of 1789.Broad coverage of writers and texts presents a new picture of 18th-century British authorshipTakes advantage of newly expanded ... En savoir plus

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  • Romantic Readers

    The Evidence of Marginalia

    par H. J. Jackson ...
    When readers jot down notes in their books, they reveal something of themselves-what they believe, what amuses or annoys them, what they have read before. But a close examination of marginalia also discloses diverse and fascinating details about the time in which they are written. This book explores reading practices in the Romantic Age through an analysis of some 2,000 books annotated by British ... En savoir plus

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  • English Literature in Context

    Modifié par Paul Poplawski ...
    This is the second edition of English Literature in Context, a popular textbook which provides an essential resource and reference tool for all English literature students. Designed to accompany students throughout their degree course, it offers a detailed narrative survey of the diverse historical and cultural contexts that have shaped the development of English literature, from the Anglo-Saxon ... En savoir plus

    $37.99 CAD