Author: John C. RossPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 042957505X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
First published in 1995, Ross provides a critical edition of Thomas Shadwell’s Bury Fair.
The Virtuoso
Author: Thomas ShadwellPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803253681
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
First published in 1676, The Virtuoso set a standard for theatrical satire. It was the most extensive dramatic treatment of modern science since Jonson's The Alchemist and took as its target no less than the Royal Society of London. Shadwell's barbs hit their targets often and cleanly. In 1689 he became Poet Laureate of England, a position he held until his death in 1692. The virtuoso of the title is Sir Nicholas Gimcrack, who like many after him confuses the extent of a collection with the depth of a science. Sir Gimcrack is fascinated by the geography of the moon, the worlds in his microscope, and the possibilities of human flight. More seriously and?for Shadwell's audience?more comically, his obsession with his arrays of worms and spiders proceeds at the expense of his wife and two beautiful nieces. The play also introduces Sir Formal Trifle, a pedantic ciceronian orator and coxcomb. His character established thereafter the theatrical type of the know-it-all blowhard. Famous for its wit and high-speed changes, The Virtuoso is also a display of the prestige of modern science and the pomposity of its ameteurs.
Thomas Shadwell's Bury-Fair
Author: John C. RossPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 042957505X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
First published in 1995, Ross provides a critical edition of Thomas Shadwell’s Bury Fair.
Thomas Shadwell
Author: Michael William AlssidPublisher: New York : Twayne Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Dramatists, English
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Analysis of Thomas Shadwell's Lancashire Witches and Tegue O'Divelly the Irish Priest ...
Author: Ernst AmmannThe Sullen Lovers, Etc
Author: Thomas ShadwellThe Jeffersons at Shadwell
Author: Susan KernPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300155700
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
Merging archaeology, material culture, and social history, historian Susan Kern reveals the fascinating story of Shadwell, the birthplace of Thomas Jefferson and home to his parents, Jane and Peter Jefferson, their eight children, and over sixty slaves. Located in present-day Albemarle County, Virginia, Shadwell was at the time considered "the frontier." However, Kerndemonstrates thatShadwell was no crude log cabin; it was, in fact, a well-appointed gentry house full of fashionable goods, located at the center of a substantial plantation.Kern’s scholarship offers new views of the family’s role in settling Virginia as well as new perspectives on Thomas Jefferson himself. By examining a variety ofsources,including account books, diaries, and letters, Kern re-creates in rich detail the dailylives of the Jeffersons at Shadwell—from Jane Jefferson’s cultivation of a learned and cultured household to Peter Jefferson’s extensive business network and oversight of a thriving plantation.Shadwell was Thomas Jefferson’s patrimony, but Kern asserts that his real legacy there came from his parents, who cultivated the strong social connections that would later open doors for their children. At Shadwell, Jefferson learned the importance of fostering relationships with slaves, laborers, and powerful office holders, as well as the hierarchical structure of large plantations, which he later applied at Monticello. The story of Shadwell affects how we interpret much of what we know about Thomas Jefferson today, and Kern’s fascinating book is sure to become the standard work on Jefferson's early years.
The Complete Works of Thomas Shadwell: The sullen lovers. The royal shepherdesse. The humorists
Author: Thomas ShadwellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Thomas Shadwell's the Squire of Alsatia
Author: Thomas ShadwellPublisher: Dissertations-G
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The Sensational Restoration
Author: H. James JensenPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253330499
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
A collection of English Restoration writings demonstrating attitudes and values surprisingly like those of today.
Author: John Dryden