Author: John AikinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
General Biography; Or Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Professions, Arranged According to Alphabetical Order
Author: John AikinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
General Biography
Author: John AikinThe Plays and Poems of Nicholas Rowe, Volume V
Author: Stephen BernardPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134982267
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Nicholas Rowe was the first Poet Laureate of the Georgian era. A fascinating and important yet largely overlooked figure in eighteenth-century literature, he is the ‘lost Augustan’. His plays are important both for the way they address the political and social concerns of the day and for reflecting a period in which the theatre was in crisis. This edition sets out to demonstrate Rowe’s mastery of the early eighteenth century theatre, especially his providing significant roles for women, and examines the political and historical stances of his plays. It also highlights his work as a translator, which was both innovative and deeply in tune with current practices as exemplified by John Dryden and Alexander Pope. This is the first scholarly edition of all Rowe’s plays and poems and is accompanied by 15 musical scores and 31 black and white illustrations. In this final volume the second part of his translation of Lucan’s Pharsalia, described by Samuel Johnson as one of the greatest productions in English poetry, is presented along with some his own original poetry. A newly written explanatory introduction to the Pharsalia by Stephen Bernard precedes the full edited text in volume IV. Appendices covering the related music and textual apparatus are also included. The edition comes with a consolidated bibliography for ease of reference.
General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions and professions, chiefly composed by J. Aikin and W. Enfield
Author: John AikinThe Monthly Epitome
Author: The Edinburgh Review
Author: The Law of Contract 1670–1870
Author: Warren SwainPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107040760
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
This book considers the development of contract law doctrine in England from 1670 to 1870.
Bookish Histories
Author: I. FerrisPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230244807
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
This ground-breaking collection of essays presents a new 'bookish' literary history, which situates questions about books at the intersection of a range of debates about the role of authors and readers, the organization of knowledge, the vogue for collecting, and the impact of overlapping technologies of writing and shifting generic boundaries.
Catalogue of books in the library, with the laws and regulations
Author: Hull mechanics' instPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Literature and Encyclopedism in Enlightenment Britain
Author: Seth RudyPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137411546
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Literature and Encyclopedism in Enlightenment Britain tells the story of long-term aspirations to comprehend, record, and disseminate complete knowledge of the world. It draws on a wide range of literary and non-literary works from the early modern era and British Enlightenment.