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Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Amours of William Congreve Esq.; Interspersed with Miscellanous Essays, Letters and Characters, Written by Him. Also Some Very Curious Memoirs of Mr. Dryden and His Family, with a Character of Him and His Writing, by Mr. Congreve. Compiled from Their Respective Originals, by Charles Wilson ..
Author: Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Amours of William Congreve, Esq
Author: Charles WilsonPublisher:
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Memoirs of the life, writings, and amours of William Congreve, interspersed with essays, letters [&c.] written by him. Compiled by C. Wilson. [With] A true copy of the last will and testament of W. Congreve
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Author: William CongreveThe Works of William Congreve
Author: Donald McKenziePublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191538140
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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.
The Complete Works of William Congreve
Author: William CongreveThe Complete Works of William Congreve: Introduction. Letters. Incognita. The old batchelour
Author: William CongreveThe 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.
Edmund Curll, Bookseller
Author: Paul BainesPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191535354
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Edmund Curll was a notorious figure among the publishers of the early eighteenth century: for his boldness, his lack of scruple, his publication of work without author's consent, and his taste for erotic and scandalous publications. He was in legal trouble on several occasions for piracy and copyright infringement, unauthorised publication of the works of peers, and for seditious, blasphemous, and obscene publications. He stood in the pillory in 1728 for seditious libel. Above all, he was the constant target of the greatest poet and satirist of his age, Alexander Pope, whose work he pirated whenever he could and who responded with direct physical revenge (an emetic slipped into a drink) and persistent malign caricature. The war between Pope and Curll typifies some of the main cultural battles being waged between creativity and business. The story has normally been told from the poet's point of view, though more recently Curll has been celebrated as a kind of literary freedom-fighter; this book, the first full biography of Curll since Ralph Straus's The Unspeakable Curll (1927), seeks to give a balanced and thoroughly-researched account of Curll's career in publishing between 1706 and 1747, untangling the mistakes and misrepresentations that have accrued over the years and restoring a clear sense of perspective to Curll's dealings in the literary marketplace. It examines the full range of Curll's output, including his notable antiquarian series, and uses extensive archive material to detail Curll's legal and other troubles. For the first time, what is known about this strange, interesting, and awkward figure is authoritatively told.
Catalogues of Sales
Author: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1132
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Author: Edmund Gosse