Author: John C. Ross
Publisher: 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's Bury-Fair
Author: John C. Ross
Publisher: 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.
Publisher: 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 Dramatick Works
Author: Dryden
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
The dramatick works of Thomas Shadwell [ed. by sir J. Shadwell].
Author: Thomas Shadwell
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The Virtuoso
Author: Thomas Shadwell
Publisher: 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.
Publisher: 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.
Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 982
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 982
Book Description
The dramatick works of Thomas Shadwell
Author: Thomas Shadwell
Publisher:
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Publisher:
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Catalogue
Author: Wells, Edgar H. & Co
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Category : Catalogs, Booksellers'
Languages : en
Pages : 1208
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Category : Catalogs, Booksellers'
Languages : en
Pages : 1208
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Late Thomas Jefferson McKee ...: English plays of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries [Apr. 29-30, 1901
Author: Thomas Jefferson McKee
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Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The Dramatick Works of John Dryden, Esq. in Six Volumes
Author: John Dryden
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The dramatick works of Thomas Shadwell [ed. by sir J. Shadwell].
Author: Thomas Shadwell
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Languages : en
Pages :
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