William Congreve : The Critical Heritage

ISBN-13: 9780415134316 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 512 str.

Howard Erskine-Hill; Alexander Lindsay;Erskine-Hill

Opis

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects. The Critical Heritage set is available as a set of 67 volumes, as mini-sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) or as individual volumes.

Spis treści

Introduction; Part 1 The Early Reception; Chapter 1 William Congreve, Preface to Incognita; Chapter 2 John Dryden on The Old Batchelour; Chapter 3 Prefatory poems to The Old Batchelour; Chapter 4 Peter Motteux in The Gentleman’s Journal; Chapter 5 Henry Higden in the Preface to The Wary Widdow; Chapter 6 John Dryden in the dedication to Examen Poeticum; Chapter 7 Thomas Yalden, ‘To Mr. Congreve. An Epistolary Ode Occasion’d by his late Play’; Chapter 8 Jonathan Swift, ‘To Mr. Congreve’; Chapter 9 William Congreve, Epistle Dedicatory to The Double-Dealer; Chapter 10 John Dryden on The Double-Dealer; Chapter 11 William Dove, ‘To Mr. Congreve’; Chapter 12 Joseph Addison in ‘An Account of the Greatest English Poets’; Chapter 13 Charles Hopkins in ‘To Walter Moyle, Esq.’; Chapter 14 Anon. in The Mourning Poets; Chapter 15 Edward Howard in the Proem to An Essay upon Pastoral; Chapter 16 William Congreve, ‘Concerning Humour in Comedy’; Chapter 17 William Pittis in An Epistolary Poem to N. Tate, Esquire; Chapter 18 Catharine Trotter, ‘To Mr. Congreve, on his Tragedy, the Mourning Bride’; Chapter 19 Sir Richard Blackmore in the Preface to King Arthur; Chapter 20 Charles Hopkins, dedication of Boadicea, Queen of Britain; Chapter 21 Anon, in The Justice of Peace; Chapter 22 Jeremy Collier in A Short View of the Immorality, and Profaneness of the English Stage; Chapter 23 Elkanah Settle in A Defence of Dramatick Poetry; Chapter 24 William Congreve in Amendments of Mr. Collier’s False and Imperfect Citations; Chapter 25 Anon, in A Letter to Mr. Congreve; Chapter 26 Anon, in Animadversions on Mr. Congreve’s Late Answer to Mr. Collier; Chapter 27 Jeremy Collier in A Defence of the Short View; Chapter 28 Anon, in Some Remarks upon Mr. Collier’s Defence; Chapter 29 Charles Gildon in A Letter to Mr. Congreve, Occasion’d by the Death of the Countess Dowager of Manchester; Chapter 30 Anon. in ‘A Session of the Poets’; Chapter 31 John Oldmixon in Reflections on the Stage; Chapter 32 Jam

O autorze

Alexander Lindsay, Howard Erskine-Hill