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The Works of William Congreve (Multiple copy pack, New)
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The Works of William Congreve (Multiple copy pack, New)
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The late D. F. McKenzie worked on this comprehensive edition of the
works of the playwright, poet, librettist, and novelist William
Congreve for more than twenty years, until his sudden death in
1999. This was a task he had taken over from Herbert Davis, to whom
this edition is dedicated. During that time McKenzie uncovered new
verse and letters, collated Congreve's texts, recorded their
complicated textual history, constructed appendices that shed light
on the dramatic context in which Congreve worked, and examined how
his contemporaries received Congreve's work. More importantly,
McKenzie has convincingly re-evaluated Congreve's works and life to
transform our image of the man and his reputation.
McKenzie here follows the editorial practice suggested in two
early editions of the Works published by Congreve's friend, the
bookseller Jacob Tonson, in 1710 and 1719. These three volumes
follow a plan similar to that in the Tonson edition, with The Old
Batchelor, The Double-Dealer, and Love for Love collected in the
first, a central volume with The Way of the World, and a final
volume with Congreve's novel Incognita, some of his prose works,
letters, and later verse. In each case, Congreve's work is left to
speak for itself, unencumbered by intrusive notes, textual
apparatus, or collations, which are gathered instead near the end
of each volume.
This edition will be an invaluable resource for scholars for many
years to come. It is a monument to McKenzie's own scholarship as
well as to the integrity of William Congreve.
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