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The Phanaticks (Hardcover)
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The Phanaticks (Hardcover)
Series: Scottish Text Society Fifth Series
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First modern edition of a highly provocative Scottish drama.
Written at the very end of the seventeenth century, The Phanaticks
(previously known as The Assembly) satirises in dramatic form
contemporary political and religious affairs, presenting some
well-known figures in thethinnest of disguises. Overtly a comedy
about two young women opposed by such forces as the Governer of
Edinburgh Castle (Lord Huffy), it is an excoriating attack on the
hypocrisy and political chicanery of Scottish religious sects,
alongside its romance and sexual innuendo. The author, Archibald
Pitcairne, was a celebrated physician and wit; this work
demonstrates his talent for controversy (he was ejected from the
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, an institution which he
helped to found, after a dispute about his theoretical approaches
to medicine). Indeed, so provocative was it deemed that despite
being printed in 1722 and 1752, there is no record of any
contemporary performance. This first modern edition is based on an
early manuscript, with corrections possibly in Pitcairne's own
hand; it is presented with full contextual and historical notes.
John MacQueen is Emeritus Professor of English, University of
Edinburgh.
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