The Novels And Selected Plays Of Thomas Holcroft Vol 1 Manthorn The Enthusiast And Alwyn Or The Gentleman Comedian
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Author | : Mrs. Inchbald |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2007 |
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Thomas Holcroft (1745-1809) was a key figure in the radical movement of the 1790s. He was an original if somewhat undisciplined thinker, a talented novelist, a popular playwright and translator, and an accomplished political pamphleteer. This edition restores the full range of his versatile talent to British literary history.
Author | : Wil Verhoeven |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2024-09-13 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1040245951 |
Thomas Holcroft (1745–1809) was a key figure in the radical movement of the 1790s. This work is intended for scholars wanting to understand Britain and its literature in the 1790s.
Author | : A.A. Markley |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2016-04-08 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 131706366X |
Thomas Holcroft was a central figure of the 1790s, whose texts played an important role in the transition toward Romanticism. In this, the first essay collection devoted to his life and work, the contributors reassess Holcroft's contributions to a remarkable range of literary genres-drama, poetry, fiction, autobiography, political philosophy-and to the project of revolutionary reform in the late eighteenth century. The self-educated son of a cobbler, Holcroft transformed himself into a popular playwright, influential reformist novelist, and controversial political radical. But his work is not important merely because he himself was a remarkable character, but rather because he was a hinge figure between laboring Britons and the dissenting intelligentsia, between Enlightenment traditions and developing 'Romantic' concerns, and between the world of self-made hack writers and that of established critics. Enhanced by an updated and corrected chronology of Holcroft's life and work, key images, and a full bibliography of published scholarship, this volume makes way for more concerted and focused scholarship and teaching on Holcroft. Taken together, the essays in this collection situate Holcroft's self-fashioning as a member of London's literati, his central role among the London radical reformers and intelligentsia, and his theatrical innovations within ongoing explorations of the late eighteenth-century public sphere of letters and debate.
Author | : Erin L. Webster-Garrett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
This book explores the neglected end of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's literary career, questioning inherited images of her as a bourgeois satellite of masculine genius and as a child-prodigy whose genius faded after The Last Man. The study contextualizes Shelley's post-1822 career in terms of the rise of discourses of influence to describe sociopolitical, cultural, spiritual, and sexual relationships, and in terms of the rise of Romantic cultural anxieties regarding the ascendance of the popular novel and romance to positions of cultural influence.
Author | : Andrew Maunder |
Publisher | : Facts on File |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : English literature |
ISBN | : 9780816074174 |
Part of the "Literary Movements" series, this title examines the people, events, and works that defined the literary Romantic era in Great Britain and Ireland from 1775 through the 1830s. An introductory essay summarizes the movement's origins and philosophy. This A-to-Z-format work provides brief biographies, plot summaries, and critical interpretations of both the popular, well-known Romantics and the many often-overlooked, lesser-known writers. Designed to "whet the reader's appetite" for further exploration of this fascinating period and to focus on how closely Romantic writers are connected to their contemporary world, the book offers signed essays on industrialism, the monarchy, the American and French Revolutions, childhood, slavery, and many other topics. Many articles offer suggestions for further reading. Comparing this title to Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850, edited by C. J. Murray (CH, Jun'04, 41-5628), reveals that the newer volume includes more close analysis of individual works and features a larger number of lesser-known writers, particularly women. Rather than being a substitute, it is best used in conjunction with the Murray title. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; general readers. General Readers; Lower-division Undergraduates; Upper-division Undergraduates; Graduate Students; Researchers/Faculty; Professionals/Practitioners. Reviewed by R. B. Meeker.
Author | : Roy Porter |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 1988-05-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521339131 |
Special emphasis is placed on the interplay between Romantic culture and social, political and economic change in this study of the course of Romanticism in various European countries.
Author | : William Hazlitt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : English essays |
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Author | : Julie Nash |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 2018-02-06 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1351152580 |
Devoted to the varied writings of the influential novelist, children's author, and educator, this collection situates Edgeworth's writing in the context of her life and times. Combining postcolonial, historical, and gender criticism, the contributors offer fresh readings of Edgeworth's novels, stories, letters, and educational texts, including Belinda, Moral Tales, Practical Education, Helen, and The Absentee. Throughout her work, Edgeworth confronts a world whose values, while grounded in tradition and supported by slavery and colonial domination, are being challenged and ultimately changed in surprising ways by women, peasants, servants, and other voices from the margins. In discussing Edgeworth and her writing, the contributors also offer innovative perspectives on the novel and other central issues of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature. The collection will be invaluable to established scholars working in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature, women's studies, and children's literature, as well as to students encountering Edgeworth for the first time.
Author | : Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 1844 |
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Author | : Paula R. Feldman |
Publisher | : UPNE |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780874517248 |
Essays forging a new definition of Romanticism that includes the wide range of women's artistic expression.