Author: Jonathan Swift
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Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Epistolary corresondence. Letters from October 30, 1736, to February 14, 1750. Appendix to the original correspondence between Dean Swift and his friends. Correspondence between Swift and Miss Vanhomrigh. Index
Author: Jonathan Swift
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Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 512
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The Contrast
Author: Cynthia A. Kierner
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814783430
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
“The Contrast“, which premiered at New York City's John Street Theater in 1787, was the first American play performed in public by a professional theater company. The play, written by New England-born, Harvard-educated, Royall Tyler was timely, funny, and extremely popular. When the play appeared in print in 1790, George Washington himself appeared at the head of its list of hundreds of subscribers. Reprinted here with annotated footnotes by historian Cynthia A. Kierner, Tyler’s play explores the debate over manners, morals, and cultural authority in the decades following American Revolution. Did the American colonists' rejection of monarchy in 1776 mean they should abolish all European social traditions and hierarchies? What sorts of etiquette, amusements, and fashions were appropriate and beneficial? Most important, to be a nation, did Americans need to distinguish themselves from Europeans—and, if so, how? Tyler was not the only American pondering these questions, and Kierner situates the play in its broader historical and cultural contexts. An extensive introduction provides readers with a background on life and politics in the United States in 1787, when Americans were in the midst of nation-building. The book also features a section with selections from contemporary letters, essays, novels, conduct books, and public documents, which debate issues of the era.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814783430
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
“The Contrast“, which premiered at New York City's John Street Theater in 1787, was the first American play performed in public by a professional theater company. The play, written by New England-born, Harvard-educated, Royall Tyler was timely, funny, and extremely popular. When the play appeared in print in 1790, George Washington himself appeared at the head of its list of hundreds of subscribers. Reprinted here with annotated footnotes by historian Cynthia A. Kierner, Tyler’s play explores the debate over manners, morals, and cultural authority in the decades following American Revolution. Did the American colonists' rejection of monarchy in 1776 mean they should abolish all European social traditions and hierarchies? What sorts of etiquette, amusements, and fashions were appropriate and beneficial? Most important, to be a nation, did Americans need to distinguish themselves from Europeans—and, if so, how? Tyler was not the only American pondering these questions, and Kierner situates the play in its broader historical and cultural contexts. An extensive introduction provides readers with a background on life and politics in the United States in 1787, when Americans were in the midst of nation-building. The book also features a section with selections from contemporary letters, essays, novels, conduct books, and public documents, which debate issues of the era.
Epistolary correspondence. v. 19. Epistolary correspondence. Appendix to the original correspondence between Dean Swift and his friends. Correspondence between Swift and Miss Vanhomrigh
Author: Jonathan Swift
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 500
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The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany
Author: Mrs. Delany (Mary)
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Languages : en
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A History of English Literature
Author: John Buchan
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Engravings by Hogarth
Author: William Hogarth
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486224791
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
A Harlot's Progress, A Rake's Progress, Before and After, and Marriage a la Mode are among the prints presented with descriptive notes and an introductory discussion of Hogarth's style
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486224791
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
A Harlot's Progress, A Rake's Progress, Before and After, and Marriage a la Mode are among the prints presented with descriptive notes and an introductory discussion of Hogarth's style
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
Author: Laurence Sterne
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Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
History of English Literature from Beowulf to Swinburne
Author: Andrew Lang
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0809532298
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Andrew Lang's survey of English literature is a remarkably thorough look at the history of English writing, covering authors from Abbot Adamnan to Edward Young, and everyone of note in between.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0809532298
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Andrew Lang's survey of English literature is a remarkably thorough look at the history of English writing, covering authors from Abbot Adamnan to Edward Young, and everyone of note in between.
Voice and Context in Eighteenth-Century Verse
Author: Allan Ingram
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137487631
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
This collection of essays reassesses the importance of verse as a medium in the long eighteenth century, and as an invitation for readers to explore many of the less familiar figures dealt with, alongside the received names of the standard criticism of the period.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137487631
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
This collection of essays reassesses the importance of verse as a medium in the long eighteenth century, and as an invitation for readers to explore many of the less familiar figures dealt with, alongside the received names of the standard criticism of the period.
Historical Fashion in Detail
Author: Avril Hart
Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
ISBN: 9780810966086
Category : Clothing and dress
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Frequently reprinted, occasionally under the title Fashion in detail.
Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
ISBN: 9780810966086
Category : Clothing and dress
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Frequently reprinted, occasionally under the title Fashion in detail.