Author: Tobias SmollettPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 254
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The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
Author: Tobias SmollettPoems, Plays, and "The Briton"
Author: Tobias SmollettPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820314285
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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The poems, plays, and political writings included in this volume are essential to an understanding of Tobias Smollett and the literary and social currents of eighteenth-century England. In introductions to the separate sections of the volume, Byron Gassman identifies the circumstances that prompted Smollett to undertake these writings, traces the history of their publication and reception, and provides extensive explanations of historical and literary allusions. The poems in the volume represent Smollett's entire achievement as a poet. Among the shorter poems are "A New Song," his first printed work; "The Tears of Scotland," an early expression of his defiant spirit; and the popular "Ode to Independence," written during the last decade of his life. Two longer works, "Advice" (1746) and its sequel, "Reproof" (1747), are satires written in Popean heroic couplets; they mark the beginnings of Smollett's attacks on theater managers, corrupt politicians, iniquitous military leaders, and other well-known personalities of the day. An appendix to this volume includes five additional poems assigned but not definitely attributed to Smollett. The Reprisal; or The Tars of Old England and The Regicide are the only extant plays by Smollett. The Regicide, written when the author was only eighteen or nineteen, dramatizes the story of the murder of James I of Scotland. The Reprisal, a patriotic comedy performed as an afterpiece at the Theatre Royal, was a moderate theatrical success. Smollett's political writings for The Briton, a weekly journal he established in 1762 for defending the policies of the Earl of Bute, mark a particularly painful period in the author's life. A paper war erupted with the first number, and Smollett and Bute became the objects of scathing counterattacks, particularly in the writings of John Wilkes. This volume brings together for the first time all issues of The Briton and also includes a key identifying the weekly's numerous elliptical references to persons and places.
The Works of Tobias Smollett: Roderick Random, 1895-1900
Author: Tobias SmollettThe Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom
Author: Tobias SmollettA Complete History of England
Author: Tobias SmollettPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 978
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The Novels of Tobias Smollett
Author: Tobias SmollettThe Present State of All Nations
Author: Tobias SmollettPublisher:
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
Author: Tobias SmollettPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 566
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English Literature, Volume 2
Author: Louis A. LandaPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400877334
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
Two volumes containing the annual bibliographies of 18th century scholarship published in the Philological Quarterly. "An excellent aid to the student of 18th century literature."—Saturday Review. Volume 2, 1939-1950, includes consolidated index for both volumes. Originally published in 1952. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Travels Through France and Italy
Author: Tobias SmollettPublisher: NuVision Publications, LLC
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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