Author: George Colman
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Polly Honeycombe, a dramatick novel of one act and in prose. By G. Colman, the elder
Author: George Colman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Polly Honeycombe. A Dramatic Novel, in One Act
Author: George Colman
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Languages : en
Pages : 22
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 22
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The Printed Reader
Author: Amelia Dale
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1684481023
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
The Printed Reader explores the transformative power of reading in the eighteenth century, and how this was expressed in the fascination with Don Quixote and in a proliferation of narratives about quixotic readers, readers who attempt to reproduce and embody their readings. The collection brings together key debates concerning quixotic narratives, print culture, sensibility, empiricism, book history, and the material text, connecting developments in print technology to gendered conceptualizations of quixotism.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1684481023
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
The Printed Reader explores the transformative power of reading in the eighteenth century, and how this was expressed in the fascination with Don Quixote and in a proliferation of narratives about quixotic readers, readers who attempt to reproduce and embody their readings. The collection brings together key debates concerning quixotic narratives, print culture, sensibility, empiricism, book history, and the material text, connecting developments in print technology to gendered conceptualizations of quixotism.
Polly Honeycombe, a Dramatick Novel of One Act [and in Prose. By G. Colman, the Elder].
Author: George Colman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Polly Honeycombe, a Dramatick Novel of One Act and in Prose. By G. Colman, the Elder .
Author: George Colman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Backstage in the Novel
Author: Francesca Saggini
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813932548
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
"Saggini traces the unique interplay between fiction and theatre in the eighteenth century through an examination of the work of the English novelist, diarist, and playwright Frances Burney" -- Dust jacket.
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813932548
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
"Saggini traces the unique interplay between fiction and theatre in the eighteenth century through an examination of the work of the English novelist, diarist, and playwright Frances Burney" -- Dust jacket.
A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 3, Cabanel to Cory
Author: Philip H. Highfill
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809306923
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Volumes three and four of this monumental work include full entries for all such illustrious names as those of the Cibbers--Colley, Theophilus, and Susanna Maria--Kitty Clive, and Charlotte Charke, George Colman, the Elder, and the Younger, William Davenant, and De Loutherboug. But here also are full entries for dozens of important secondary figures and of minor ones whose stories have never been told, as well as a census (and at least a few recoverable facts) for even the most inconsiderable performers and servants of the theatres. As in the previous volumes in this distinguished series, the accompanying illustrations include at least one picture of each subject for whom a portrait exists.
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809306923
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Volumes three and four of this monumental work include full entries for all such illustrious names as those of the Cibbers--Colley, Theophilus, and Susanna Maria--Kitty Clive, and Charlotte Charke, George Colman, the Elder, and the Younger, William Davenant, and De Loutherboug. But here also are full entries for dozens of important secondary figures and of minor ones whose stories have never been told, as well as a census (and at least a few recoverable facts) for even the most inconsiderable performers and servants of the theatres. As in the previous volumes in this distinguished series, the accompanying illustrations include at least one picture of each subject for whom a portrait exists.
The Sign of Angellica
Author: Janet Todd
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231071352
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Describes the entry of women into literature as a profession. Looks at over a century of women's writings, from Behn to mary Wollstonecraft.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231071352
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Describes the entry of women into literature as a profession. Looks at over a century of women's writings, from Behn to mary Wollstonecraft.
The Creation of the Modern World
Author: Roy Porter
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393322682
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
This engagingly written new work highlights Britain's long-underestimated and pivotal role in disseminating the ideas and culture of the Enlightenment. Moving beyond the numerous histories centered on France and Germany, the acclaimed social historian Roy Porter explains how monumental changes in thinking in Britain influenced worldwide developments. Here is a "splendidly imaginative" work that "propels the debate forward ... and makes a valuable point" (New York Times Book Review).
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393322682
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
This engagingly written new work highlights Britain's long-underestimated and pivotal role in disseminating the ideas and culture of the Enlightenment. Moving beyond the numerous histories centered on France and Germany, the acclaimed social historian Roy Porter explains how monumental changes in thinking in Britain influenced worldwide developments. Here is a "splendidly imaginative" work that "propels the debate forward ... and makes a valuable point" (New York Times Book Review).
Passions, Sympathy and Print Culture
Author: Heather Kerr
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137455411
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This book explores ways in which passions came to be conceived, performed and authenticated in the eighteenth-century marketplace of print. It considers satire and sympathy in various environments, ranging from popular novels and journalism, through philosophical studies of the Scottish Enlightenment, to last words, aesthetics, and plastic surgery.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137455411
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This book explores ways in which passions came to be conceived, performed and authenticated in the eighteenth-century marketplace of print. It considers satire and sympathy in various environments, ranging from popular novels and journalism, through philosophical studies of the Scottish Enlightenment, to last words, aesthetics, and plastic surgery.