Author: Sir Walter ScottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The Life of Dryden. L.P.
Author: Sir Walter ScottCatalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
A Glossary of John Dryden's Critical Terms
Author: H. James JensenPublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 0816657947
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
A Glossary of John Dryden's Critical Terms was first published in 1969. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Although John Dryden is, as Samuel Johnson described him, the father of modern criticism, his critical writings are difficult for twentieth-century readers to understand and appreciate. Part of the problem lies in the fact that many of the critical terms which Dryden used have changed or expanded in meaning since his time. By providing a series of glosses of seventeenth-century critical terms, this volume clarifies and illuminates Dryden's work for modern readers and scholars. Professor Jensen has catalogued every important word that Dryden used in discussing critical matters, whether about art, literature, or music. In addition to covering all of Dryden's works, the glossary encompasses works of other important seventeenth century critics, among them, John Milton, Ben Johnson, and Thomas Rymer. The structure of the glossary is simple: under each word there is a general definition and, if needed, an essay on the word's origin, history, and general usage. Then the various particular meanings of the word are given, and under each definition are listed the critics, the works, the editions, and the page numbers where the word is used with that particular meaning. Selected quotations abound, substantiating the text. The book will be useful for students and teachers in seventeenth and eighteenth-century literature courses and for scholars doing advanced research. Students will gain an understanding of the development of critical though by reading the essays in the Glossary. Modern scholars of Restoration literature will find new ideas here as well as confirmation of some older conjectures about Dryden.
The Life of Dryden. L.P.
Author: Sir Walter ScottThe Great Catastrophe of My Life
Author: Thomas E. Buckley, S.J.Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807861480
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
From the end of the Revolution until 1851, the Virginia legislature granted most divorces in the state. It granted divorces rarely, however, turning down two-thirds of those who petitioned for them. Men and women who sought release from unhappy marriages faced a harsh legal system buttressed by the political, religious, and communal cultures of southern life. Through the lens of this hostile environment, Thomas Buckley explores with sympathy the lives and legal struggles of those who challenged it. Based on research in almost 500 divorce files, The Great Catastrophe of My Life involves a wide cross-section of Virginians. Their stories expose southern attitudes and practices involving a spectrum of issues from marriage and family life to gender relations, interracial sex, adultery, desertion, and domestic violence. Although the oppressive legal regime these husbands and wives battled has passed away, the emotions behind their efforts to dissolve the bonds of marriage still resonate strongly.
Stewardship Economy 7: Series bibliography and further economics
Author: Julian PrattPublisher: Richard Pratt
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Some economics explained, economic terms and bibliography. This book provides an introduction for the 'Stewardship Economy' series to some key economic concepts for the non-specialist and lists the references, as far as they are available.
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Author: British LibraryThe Life of Dryden. L.P.
Author: Walter ScottSamuel Johnson and Biographical Thinking
Author: Catherine Neal ParkePublisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 9780826207890
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Catherine N. Parke offers new readings of Johnson's major prose writings, the familiar and the not so familiar. Through an inquiry into the centrality of biography in his thinking, she examines Johnson's ideas about education, portrays his habits of mind, and explores his creative temperment.
British Museum
Author: British Museum (Londen)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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