An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber

An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber
Author: Colley Cibber
Publisher:
Total Pages: 476
Release: 1889
Genre: Actors
ISBN:

Contains the best account of the theatre of his day and is an invaluable study of the art of acting as it was practiced by his contemporaries.

The Routledge History of Literature in English

The Routledge History of Literature in English
Author: Ronald Carter
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 598
Release: 2001
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9780415243179

This is a guide to the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature, charting some of the main features of literary language development and highlighting key language topics.

The Relapse, Or, Virtue in Danger

The Relapse, Or, Virtue in Danger
Author: John Vanbrugh
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 129
Release: 1986
Genre: English drama
ISBN: 9780393900323

This is a modern-spelling, fully-annotated edition of this important English play. It includes a critical introduction, biography of Vanbrugh, and discusses the dates and sources, textual details, a bibliography and information about the staging of the play.

Household Politics

Household Politics
Author: Don Herzog
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2013-04-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0300180780

Contends that, though early modern English canonical sources and sermons often urge the subordination of women, this was not indicative of public life, and that husbands, wives and servants often struggled over authority in the household.

Tricksters & Estates

Tricksters & Estates
Author: J. Douglas Canfield
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780813170039

These comedies are full of tricksters attempting to gain estates, the emblem and the reality of power in late feudal England. The tricksters appear in a number of guises, such as heroines landing their men, younger brothers seeking estates, or Cavaliers threatened with dispossession.