Author: Margaret Sprague CarhartPublisher: Archon Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The Life and Work of Joanna Baillie
Author: Margaret Sprague CarhartPublisher: Archon Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Joanna Baillie, a Literary Life
Author: Judith Bailey SlaglePublisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838639498
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Much of the biography is based on Baillie's now published letters (FDUP, 1999) to family members, literary figures, scientists, religious leaders, artists, and friends in England, Scotland, and the United States; and her correspondence is supplemented with further biographical evidence and with critical commentary on her works."--BOOK JACKET.
Fugitive verses
Author: Joanna BailliePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Plays on the Passions
Author: Joanna BailliePublisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 9781551111858
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Baillie’s eminently readable dramas stand at the crossroads of the Scottish Enlightenment and early Romanticism, and compellingly engage with questions of women’s rights. Her exploration of the passions, first published in 1798, is here reissued with a wealth of contextual materials including “The Introductory Discourse,” Baillie’s own brand of feminist literary criticism. The three plays included here are “Count Basil: A Tragedy,” and “The Tryal: A Comedy,” which show love from opposing perspectives; and “De Monfort: A Tragedy,” which explores the drama of hate. Among other appendices, the Broadview edition includes materials on the contemporary philosophical understanding of the passions, and contemporary reviews. Baillie’s work is enjoying a revival of interest. She lived a long life, (1762-1851), and had a wide circle of literary friends including Maria Edgeworth and Sir Walter Scott (who termed her a “female Shakespeare”). Scottish born, she moved to England in her twenties where she then resided. Her Plays on the Passions, alternatively known as A Series of Plays in which it is Attempted to Delineate the Stronger Passions of the Mind—Each Passion being the Subject of a Tragedy and Comedy was produced in three volumes between 1798 and 1812. The first volume created quite a stir amongst the literary circles of London and Edinburgh when introduced anonymously. The speculation into the authorship concluded two years later when Baillie came forward as the writer of the collection, thereby causing a subsequent sensation since no one had considered the shy spinster a candidate in the mystery.
The Selected Poems of Joanna Baillie, 1762-1851
Author: Joanna BailliePublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719054747
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Joanna Baillie's poetry ranges from songs and lyrical ballads to dramatic monologues and realistic blank verse. This edition of her work gives readers the opportunity to assess her significance and her craft.
The Life and Work of Joanna Baillie
Author: Margaret S. CarhartThe Life and Work of Joanna Baillie
Author: Margaret S. CarhartPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330427712
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Excerpt from The Life and Work of Joanna Baillie 'If I had to present any one to a foreigner as a model of an English Gentlewoman,' said William Wordsworth, 'it would be Joanna Baillie'1 And this was the same Joanna Baillie whom Sir Walter Scott called 'the best dramatic writer' Britain had produced 'since the days of Shakespeare and Massinger.' Joanna Baillie was born in the manse of Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland, on September II, 1762. Her father was descended from an ancient Scotch family which numbered among its progenitors the national patriot, Wallace. He also claimed connection with Robert Wallace, of Jerviswood, a martyr to the cause of Scotch independence. Joanna's mother, Dorothea Hunter Baillie, was descended from the second son of the Laird of Ayrshire, Hunter of Hunterstone. Her girlhood had been spent at Long Calderwood, a small estate near Glasgow, which had belonged to the family for many generations. There she was married to the Reverend Mr. BaiTEB. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Life and Work of Joanna Baillie
Author: Margaret Sprague CarhartPublisher: Archon Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
LIFE AND WORK OF JOANNA BAILLIE
Author: MARGARET S. CARHARTPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033267080
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Life and Work of Joanna Baillie (Classic Reprint)
Author: Margaret S. CarhartPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331795424
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Excerpt from The Life and Work of Joanna Baillie Aikin reports the following conversation: I could not read well, she [joanna] once said to me, till nine years Old 0 Joanna, cried her sister, not till eleven. I made my father melancholy breakfasts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.