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Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries

Women, Authorship and Literary Culture 1690 - 1740 (Hardcover, 2003 ed.): S. Prescott Women, Authorship and Literary Culture 1690 - 1740 (Hardcover, 2003 ed.)
S. Prescott
R1,599 Discovery Miles 15 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Sarah Prescott discusses the careers of a number of key women writers of the period from 1690 to 1740, exploring the role played by geographical location, literary circles, patronage, the literary marketplace, and subscription publication in shaping patterns of female authorship. The volume also provides a wealth of detail about the circumstances which affected the careers of individual women as well as investigating the marketing, reception, and self-representation of women writers in general.

Hamlet's Problematic Revenge - Forging a Royal Mandate (Hardcover): William F. Zak Hamlet's Problematic Revenge - Forging a Royal Mandate (Hardcover)
William F. Zak
R2,406 Discovery Miles 24 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Hamlet's Problematic Revenge: Forging a Royal Mandate provides a new argument within Shakespearean studies that argues the oft-noted arrest of the play's dramaturgical momentum, especially evident in Hamlet's much delayed enactment of his revenge, represents in fact a succinct emblem of the "arrested development" in the moral maturity of the entire cast, most notably, Hamlet himself-as the unifying disclosure and tragic problem in the play. Settling for unreflective and short-sighted personal gratifications and cold comforts, they truantly elbow aside a more considerable moral obligation. Again and again, all yield this duty's commanding priority to a childishly self-regarding fear of offending those in nominal positions of power and questionable positions of authority-figures, like Ophelia and Hamlet's fathers, for instance, demanding an unworthy deference. While Hamlet fails to consider with loving regard the improved well-being of the larger community to which he owes his existence and, fails to interrogate the moral adequacy of the Ghost's command of violent reprisal (two things he never does nor even contemplates doing), "all occasions" in the play "do inform against" him and merely "spur a dull revenge"-not, as he interprets his own words, arguing the need for greater urgency in his vendetta, but, instead, to "inform against" the criminality of that very course itself. His revenge therefore can be argued as "dull," not because he cannot summon the wherewithal to enact it more bloodily, but because in obsessing about it ceaselessly he remains unreceptive to its "dull" or "unenlightened" opposition to the evil he hopes to eradicate. Hamlet does not avenge his father; this book argues that he becomes him. Amidst a wealth of previously unremarked figurative mirrorings, as well as much of the seemingly digressive material in Hamlet within Shakespearean studies, Hamlet's Problematic Revenge brings to light a new interpretation of the tragic problem in the play.

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (Hardcover, New Ed): Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (Hardcover, New Ed)
R27,081 Discovery Miles 270 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A seminal text in English literature, the "Reliques" is a collection of ballads, songs, romances and historical poetry, annotated with Percy's literary-antiquarian observations. The Reliques profoundly influenced writers from Thomas Chatterton to Wordsworth, Coleridge and Keats, and the Pre-Raphaelites. The publication of the "Reliques" marked the precise point at which early 18th-century neo-classicism became late- 18th-century Gothic Romanticism, and it encouraged the revival of interest in national folklore across Europe. Until now the first edition has not been available to scholars of the 18th century and British and European Romanticism. It contains additional scarce proofsheets, excluded from the original edition, and a new critical and bibliographical introduction.

Collected Works of Francis Bacon (Hardcover, New Ed): Graham Rees Collected Works of Francis Bacon (Hardcover, New Ed)
Graham Rees; Edited by Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, James Spedding
R74,354 Discovery Miles 743 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Sir Francis Bacon, statesman, essayist and philosopher, studied law and rose to high office as Lord Chancellor. He had enormous influence on the change of direction for scientific method from speculative and philosophical in the Aristotelian tradition to experimental and factual. Bacon's philosophical influence extended to Locke and through him to subsequent English schools of psychology and ethics. Abroad, his influence also extended to Leibniz, Huygens and Voltaire who called him 'le pere de la philosophie experimentale'.
This edition contains all Bacon's philosophical works as well as translations, plus literary and professional works, and includes illuminating introductions and explanatory footnotes by the three editors as well as a new introduction by Graham Rees.

Lives of the Great Romantics, Part I - Shelley, Byron and Wordsworth by Their Contemporaries (Hardcover): Chris Hart Lives of the Great Romantics, Part I - Shelley, Byron and Wordsworth by Their Contemporaries (Hardcover)
Chris Hart
R14,693 Discovery Miles 146 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In recent years, under pressure from New Historicism and developments in the formal study of biography, scholars have become increasingly conscious of how deliberately fashioned were the images of Shelley, Byron and Wordsworth. In Byron's case, this was often with his consent or collusion; in Shelley's case, it was the active efforts of his widow and friends who struggled to construct a particular picture of both man and poet. With Wordsworth the picture is less clear, since the kind of scrutiny that his two counterparts have recently received has rarely extended to him. The memoirs in this collection are written by those who had personal knowledge of Shelley, Byron and Wordsworth, or who claimed to be recording the accounts of those who had such knowledge. Each volume in this set contains the original memoirs in facsimile together with introductions and headnotes. The headnotes set the relevant context for each document, cross-referencing controversial passages.

Victorian Religious Discourse - New Directions in Criticism (Hardcover, 2004 ed.): J. Nixon Victorian Religious Discourse - New Directions in Criticism (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)
J. Nixon
R1,621 Discovery Miles 16 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This collection of essays attempts to address the disparate historical and critical ways religion informs the literature and culture of nineteenth century England, showing how a representative group of major Victorians negotiated its impact. The collection attempts to present Victorian religious discourse not as monologic but as dialogic, if not protean. It seeks to make available new understandings of nineteenth-century British literature as well as to elucidate the extent to which religious discourse is vested in Victorian cultural thoughts and practice.

Speech Acts in Blake's Milton (Hardcover): Brian Russell Graham Speech Acts in Blake's Milton (Hardcover)
Brian Russell Graham
R1,554 Discovery Miles 15 540 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Using a framework based on J. L. Austin's understanding of performative speech and Angela Esterhammer's work on how things are done with words in Milton's and Blake's poetry, this study provides an extended close reading of the speech acts of characters in Blake's epic poem Milton. With the exception of what we learn about in the part of the poem known as the Bard's Song, Blake's Milton is dedicated to providing an incredibly detailed account of the numerous facets of the instant of time immediately prior to apocalypse, an instant in which Milton is the protagonist, and Blake himself a participant. This study explores how in the poem sacred history proceeds towards and through the instant by means of the speech act. This extended commentary is intended for not just Blake scholars but also the common reader who wishes to approach Blake's brief epic for the first time. For scholars, this monograph offers a full account of a crucial but previously unexplored theme in the scholarship about Milton. For the common reader, it offers a comprehensive introduction to what Northrop Frye called 'one of the most gigantic imaginative achievements in English poetry'.

Renaissance Drama by Women: Texts and Documents (Hardcover): S.P. Cerasano, Marion Wynne-Davies Renaissance Drama by Women: Texts and Documents (Hardcover)
S.P. Cerasano, Marion Wynne-Davies
R4,571 Discovery Miles 45 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Gathered for the first time in this unique volume are plays and documents suggesting that, contrary to traditional thinking, women participated in the theatrical culture of the English Renaissance--as authors, translators, performers, spectators, and even as part-owners of theaters. "Renaissance Drama by Women" includes 4 full length plays--"Love's Victory, The Concealed Fancies, The Tragedy of Marion, " and "The Tragedy of Antonie"--along with a fragment of a translation from Seneca by Queen Elizabeth I, an occasional masque written for performance by a ladies' school before Queen Anne, and a collection of historical documents illustration many fascinating ways that women participated in a range of theatrical activity between the 1570s and 1660.

John Clare - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): Mark Storey John Clare - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
Mark Storey
R9,043 Discovery Miles 90 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

These volumes gather together a body of critical sources on the Jacobean dramatists. 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 selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and 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.

Sir Thomas Malory - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): Marylyn Parins Sir Thomas Malory - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
Marylyn Parins
R8,403 Discovery Miles 84 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume in the series gathers together a body of critical sources on the literary figure of Thomas Malory. 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 selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and 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.

John Skelton - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): Anthony Edwards John Skelton - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
Anthony Edwards
R2,670 Discovery Miles 26 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

These volumes gather together a body of critical sources on the 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 selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and 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.

Edmund Spenser - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): R. M Cummings Edmund Spenser - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
R. M Cummings
R9,010 Discovery Miles 90 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This series gathers together a 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 selected sources range from essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and little-published documentary material such as letters and diaries. 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.

John Milton - The Critical Heritage Volume 2 1732-1801 (Hardcover, New edition): John T. Shawcross John Milton - The Critical Heritage Volume 2 1732-1801 (Hardcover, New edition)
John T. Shawcross
R10,069 Discovery Miles 100 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


Series Information:
The Critical Heritage Series

Laurence Sterne - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): Alan B. Howes Laurence Sterne - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
Alan B. Howes
R10,100 Discovery Miles 101 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This series gathers together a 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 selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and 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.

Joseph Addison and Richard Steele - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): Edward A. Bloom, Lillian D Bloom Joseph Addison and Richard Steele - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
Edward A. Bloom, Lillian D Bloom
R8,128 Discovery Miles 81 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

These volumes gather together a body of critical sources on the 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 selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and 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.

Samuel Johnson - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): James T. Boulton Samuel Johnson - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
James T. Boulton
R10,115 Discovery Miles 101 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The "Critical Heritage" series 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 selected sources range from 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 is available as a set of 68 volumes, as mini sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) or as individual volumes.

Horace Walpole - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): Peter Sabor Horace Walpole - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
Peter Sabor
R10,101 Discovery Miles 101 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This series gathers together a 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 selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and 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.

Oliver Goldsmith - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): G.S. Rousseau Oliver Goldsmith - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
G.S. Rousseau
R13,168 Discovery Miles 131 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This series gathers together a 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 selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and 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.

George Crabbe - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): Arthur Pollard George Crabbe - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
Arthur Pollard
R8,436 Discovery Miles 84 360 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This series gathers together a 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 selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and 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.

Robert Burns - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): Donald A. Low Robert Burns - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
Donald A. Low
R13,176 Discovery Miles 131 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Critical Heritage series 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 selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and 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 Critical Heritage series is available as a set of 67 volumes, as mini-sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) or as individual volumes.

William Blake - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): G.E. Bentley Jnr William Blake - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
G.E. Bentley Jnr
R10,862 Discovery Miles 108 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

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.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - The Critical Heritage Volume 1 1794-1834 (Hardcover, New edition): J. R. De J Jackson Samuel Taylor Coleridge - The Critical Heritage Volume 1 1794-1834 (Hardcover, New edition)
J. R. De J Jackson
R10,910 Discovery Miles 109 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

1 The "Critical Heritage" series 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 selected sources range from 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 is available as a set of 68 volumes, as mini-sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) or as individual volumes.

The Face of Mammon - The Matter of Money in English Renaissance Literature (Hardcover): David Landreth The Face of Mammon - The Matter of Money in English Renaissance Literature (Hardcover)
David Landreth
R2,177 Discovery Miles 21 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Face of Mammon studies the gold and silver coins of sixteenth-century England as they are articulated in literary writing. Landreth argues that the coinage of the sixteenth century is a very different object from the money that we know-- not only formally but conceptually, in that modern money is the object proper to a discourse, economics, that had not yet taken shape in the sixteenth century. Instead, a Renaissance coin is an arena contested among multiple early modern discourses that each seek to encompass it, such as ontology, ethics, and politics. The writers central to this study--among them Spenser, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Nashe, and Donne--use the coin to demonstrate the interdependence of these competing discourses as they converge upon a single, ubiquitous object. For these authors, an understanding of the world that humans make for themselves relies upon understanding how the material world is made. The small circumference of the coin brings these contending worlds into contact.

John Milton - The Critical Heritage Volume 1 1628-1731 (Hardcover, New edition): John T. Shawcross John Milton - The Critical Heritage Volume 1 1628-1731 (Hardcover, New edition)
John T. Shawcross
R10,853 Discovery Miles 108 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


Series Information:
The Critical Heritage Series

William Congreve - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): Howard Erskine-Hill, Alexander Lindsay William Congreve - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
Howard Erskine-Hill, Alexander Lindsay
R10,121 Discovery Miles 101 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"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 selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and 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 Critical Heritage" set is available as a set of 67 volumes, as mini-sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) or as individual volumes.

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