Author: Montague SummersPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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The Complete Works of William Congreve
Author: Montague SummersThe Mourning Bride
Author: William CongreveThe Comedies of William Congreve
Author: William CongrevePublisher:
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Imaginary Plots and Political Realities in the Plays of William Congreve
Author: Maximillian E. NovakPublisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1785273736
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
William Congreve was deeply involved in the events of his turbulent times. That involvement reveals itself in works which have sometimes been regarded as entirely unengaged with the realities of his society. This book attempts to read Congreve’s plays and his novella, Incognita, against the political and social upheaval of the period initiated by the rebellion of 1688. A strong supporter of the new world ushered in by William III and Mary, Congreve fought against the reactionary politics of the Jacobite opposition.
The Works of William Congreve
Author: Donald McKenziePublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191538159
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
The late D. F. McKenzie worked on this comprehensive edition of the works of the playwright, poet, librettist, and novelist William Congreve for more than twenty years, until his sudden death in 1999. This was a task he had taken over from Herbert Davis, to whom this edition is dedicated. During that time McKenzie uncovered new verse and letters, collated Congreve's texts, recorded their complicated textual history, constructed appendices that shed light on the dramatic context in which Congreve worked, and examined how his contemporaries received Congreve's work. More importantly, McKenzie has convincingly re-evaluated Congreve's works and life to transform our image of the man and his reputation. McKenzie here follows the editorial practice suggested in two early editions of the Works published by Congreve's friend, the bookseller Jacob Tonson, in 1710 and 1719. These three volumes follow a plan similar to that in the Tonson edition, with The Old Batchelor, The Double-Dealer, and Love for Love collected in the first, a central volume with The Way of the World, and a final volume with Congreve's novel Incognita, some of his prose works, letters, and later verse. In each case, Congreve's work is left to speak for itself, unencumbered by intrusive notes, textual apparatus, or collations, which are gathered instead near the end of each volume. This edition will be an invaluable resource for scholars for many years to come. It is a monument to McKenzie's own scholarship as well as to the integrity of William Congreve.
William Congreve: Complete Plays
Author: William CongrevePublisher:
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
"For some seventy years the name Mermaid has been associated with the best-known plays of the great English Dramatists of the 16th and 17th centuries. The Mermaid Series was edited originally by Havelock Ellis, with introductions by some of the great 19th century scholars. Its volumes remain to this day the best popular editions of the Elizabethan and Restoration Dramatists..." - Back cover.
The Old Bachelor, Etc
Author: William CongrevePublisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The Works of William Congreve
Author: William CongrevePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198118848
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 799
Book Description
This is the first complete edition of the works of William Congreve (1670-1729), one of Britain's most important literary figures. The texts of the plays, novel, poetry, opera, and letters are presented in original spelling. The editor, D.F. McKenzie, has added his own thorough notes at the end of each volume.
The Complete Works of William Congreve: Introduction. Letters. Incognita. The old batchelour
Author: William CongreveThe Old Bachelor
Author: William CongrevePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781977623706
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
he Old Bachelor is the first play written by British playwright William Congreve, produced in 1693. The 'Old Bachelor' is Heartwell, 'a surly old pretended woman-hater', who falls in love with Silvia, not knowing her to be the forsaken mistress of Vainlove, and is lured into marrying her, only discovering her true character afterwards, from the gibes of his acquaintances. The parson who has been brought in to marry them, however, is in fact Vainlove's friend Belmour, who has assumed the disguise for the purpose of an intrigue with Laetitia, the young wife of an uxorious old banker, Fondlewife; and Heartwell is relieved to discover that the marriage was a pretence. The comedy includes the amusing characters of Sir Joseph Wittol, a foolish knight, who allows himself to be really married to Silvia, under the impression that she is the wealthy Araminta; and his companion, the cowardly bully, Captain Bluffe, who under the same delusion is married to Silvia's maid. The success of this comedy was in part due to the acting of performers Thomas Betterton and Anne Bracegirdle