The Fool of Quality
Author | : Henry Brooke |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 771 |
Release | : 2019-03-11 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0429576218 |
First published in 1906, The Fool of Quality; a picaresque and sentimental novel by the Irish writer Henry Brooke, is the only one of his works which has enjoyed any great reputation. The somewhat shapeless plot is an account of the doings of young Harry Clinton, who, rejected by his decadent and aristocratic father, is educated on enlightened principles by his philanthropic uncle. Thus equipped to fight the evils of the world the innocent yet wise hero does his best to better the lot of the unfortunate Hammel Clement and his family, and other deserving cases, in the intervals between the author's frequent philosophical digressions and commentaries on the action. It is the first of five volumes.
Eighteenth-century Modernizations from The Canterbury Tales
Author | : Geoffrey Chaucer |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0859913090 |
This collection of 32 modernised versions of The Canterbury Tales which appeared in the 18th century offers basic material for studying the history of attitudes to Chaucer, and Chaucer scholarship, duringthe period. Reception data so precise and extensive is available only for Chaucer among English authors. At least seventeen known and anonymous writers produced thirty-two modernised Canterbury tales during the century, plus tale links and adaptations of each other's work. The present collection contains only modernisations that have not seen print since 1796, thus excluding those by Pope and Dryden. Although most works in this collection may be examined further in several British and American libraries, others cannot. Apparently only one copy has survived of an anonymous Miller's Tale (1791) with a thoughtful preface justifying the tale's overt sexuality published just as William Lipscomb was completing his 1795 edition that, in its preface, justifies exclusion from the pilgrimage of the notorious tales of Miller and Reeve. Such contrasting attitudes illustrate the dangers of generalisation about the usual reception or interpretation of Chaucer during this or any other socio-historic period; instead, the collection provides an untapped reservoir of material with which to investigate anew the rich complexity of his poetry and its enduring appeal. BETSY BOWDEN is Professor of English at Rutgers University, New Jersey.
The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature
Author | : Tobias Smollett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 506 |
Release | : 1778 |
Genre | : English literature |
ISBN | : |
Each number includes a classified "Monthly catalogue."
The Modern Language Review
Author | : John George Robertson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : Languages, Modern |
ISBN | : |
Each number includes the section "Reviews."
William Shakespeare
Author | : Brian Vickers |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 665 |
Release | : 2003-09-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1134783345 |
The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The carefully selected sources range from landmark essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and little published documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects. The Collected Critical Heritage set will be available as a set of 68 volumes and the series will also be available in mini sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) and as individual volumes.
The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature
Author | : William Thomas Lowndes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 606 |
Release | : 1858 |
Genre | : English literature |
ISBN | : |