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This is a study of the 'secret history', a polemical form of
historiography which flourished in England during the late
seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
This is a study of the 'secret history', a polemical form of
historiography which flourished in England during the late
seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
Nicholas Rowe was the first Poet Laureate of the Georgian era. A
fascinating and important yet largely overlooked figure in
eighteenth-century literature, he is the 'lost Augustan'. His plays
are important both for the way they address the political and
social concerns of the day and for reflecting a period in which the
theatre was in crisis. This edition sets out to demonstrate Rowe's
mastery of the early eighteenth century theatre, especially his
providing significant roles for women, and examines the political
and historical stances of his plays. It also highlights his work as
a translator, which was both innovative and deeply in tune with
current practices as exemplified by John Dryden and Alexander Pope.
This is the first scholarly edition of all Rowe's plays and poems
and is accompanied by 15 musical scores and 31 black and white
illustrations. In this first volume, a general introduction by
Stephen Bernard and Michael Caines introduces Rowe's works and the
five volumes that comprise this set. It then presents the early
plays, The Ambitious Step-Mother, Tamerlane, and The Fair Penitent
along with a newly written explanatory introduction by Rebecca
Bullard and John McTague which precedes the full edited text.
Appendices covering dedications performance history, the related
music and textual apparatus are also included. A consolidated
bibliography is included with the final volume for ease of
reference.
Secret history, with its claim to expose secrets of state and the
sexual intrigues of monarchs and ministers, alarmed and thrilled
readers across Europe and America from the mid-seventeenth to the
mid-nineteenth century. Scholars have recognised for some time the
important position that the genre occupies within the literary and
political culture of the Enlightenment. Of interest to students of
British, French and American literature, as well as political and
intellectual history, this new volume of essays demonstrates for
the first time the extent of secret history's interaction with
different literary traditions, including epic poetry, Restoration
drama, periodicals, and slave narratives. It reveals secret
history's impact on authors, readers, and the book trade in
England, France, and America throughout the long eighteenth
century. In doing so, it offers a case study for approaching
questions of genre at moments when political and cultural shifts
put strain on traditional generic categories.
Secret history, with its claim to expose secrets of state and the
sexual intrigues of monarchs and ministers, alarmed and thrilled
readers across Europe and America from the mid-seventeenth to the
mid-nineteenth century. Scholars have recognised for some time the
important position that the genre occupies within the literary and
political culture of the Enlightenment. Of interest to students of
British, French and American literature, as well as political and
intellectual history, this new volume of essays demonstrates for
the first time the extent of secret history's interaction with
different literary traditions, including epic poetry, Restoration
drama, periodicals, and slave narratives. It reveals secret
history's impact on authors, readers, and the book trade in
England, France, and America throughout the long eighteenth
century. In doing so, it offers a case study for approaching
questions of genre at moments when political and cultural shifts
put strain on traditional generic categories.
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