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

ISBN-13: 9781405156691 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 432 str.

Paul Baines

Opis

The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing1660-1789 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 authorship
• Takes advantage of newly expanded eighteenth-century canon to include significantly more women writers and labouring-class writers than have traditionally been studied
• Draws on the latest scholarship to more accurately reflect the literary achievements of the long eighteenth century

Recenzje

"As with any good collection of biographical essays, one finds many humanizing snippets that bring the century closer to us than any accumulation of facts and dates can do ... The volume reminds us why we fell in love with this period."  (The Scriblerian and The Kit–Cats, 1 October 2013)

"This modest volume offers an excellent reference resource for students and scholars, but, as the authors explain, their aim is not only provide reliable and accessible information but also to offer a kind of browsing sense of interconnection between writers, and indeed a sample of the collective variety of the period (p. xxii)." (Years Work in English Studies, 1 August 2013)  

"Excellent ... The range of authors covered in the encyclopaedia, while not exhaustive, should definitely be sufficient for most undergraduate or postgraduate students." (Journal for Eighteenth–Century Studies, 17 July 2013)

Spis treści

Acknowledgments.

Timeline.

Introduction and Further Reading.

Entries A Z.

Index.

O autorze

P aul Baines is Professor, School of English, University of Liverpool. He is the author of The House of Forgery in 18 th –Century Britain (1999), The Complete Critical Guide to Alexander Pope (2000), The Long Eighteenth Century (2004), and Edmund Curll: Bookseller (with Pat Rogers 2006), and editor of Five Romantic Plays 1768–1821 (2000). J ulian Ferraro is Lecturer, School of English, University of Liverpool. He is the author of several articles on literature of the period and is one of the editors of The Poems of Alexander Pope in the Longman Annotated English Poets (2010). P at Rogers  holds the DeBartolo Chair in the Liberal Arts, University of South Florida. He is one of the foremost authorities on eighteenth–century literature and has written or edited over thirty books on the period. He has worked extensively on Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Henry Fielding, and Daniel Defoe, among many others. His recent publications include The Alexander Pope Encyclopedia (2004), Pope and the Destiny of the Stuarts (2005), and the edited collection, The Cambridge Companion to Alexander Pope (2008).  

Blurb

In British history, the years between 1660 and 1789 –– frequently referred to as the "long eighteenth century" –– were marked by seismic shifts in the political, economic, and cultural landscapes. The literary responses to the transformational events that transpired during this period were no less startling. The Wiley–Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth–Century Writers and Writing features coverage 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. While notable writers such as Defoe, Dryden, Pope, Swift, and Johnson are covered, this volume also draws on the latest scholarship to more accurately reflect the literary achievements of this rich and fertile period. Wide ranging essays reveal a time in which aristocratic writers co–existed with professional dramatists and novelists. Also covered are the great many women and working class writers who first entered the literary mainstream, along with clergymen, doctors, lawyers, and distinctive new voices who took advantage of new opportunities to publish in newspapers, anthologies, reviews, and magazines. At once lively and authoritative, The Wiley–Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth–Century Writers and Writing : 1660–1789 presents an engaging and invaluable window into the lives and livelihood of British writers from the Restoration to the rise of Romanticism.