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The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves. ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses.
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Bodleian Library (Oxford)

T200722

Engraved titlepage reads: 'Congreve's works, forming part of Cooke's pocket edition of .. select British poets'.Plates dated 1796.With an additional letterpress titlepage.In this issue the catchword on p. ix is "And".

London : printed for C. Cooke; and sold by all the booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland, [1796]. [4],xii,[1],6-136p.,plates : port. ; 12° ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses.
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British Library

T165647



Edinburgh : printed and sold by J. Robertson, 1774. 83,[1]p.,plate ; 12° ... Read more

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COMEDIES BY WILLIAM CONGREVE -- 1670 - Born at Bardsey, near Leeds. 1685. Goes to Trinity College, Dublin. 1692. Publishes Incognila, under the name of Cleophil. Translates the 11th satire of Juvenal for Drydens translation. Writes complimentary verses for Drydens Persius. On Mrs. Arabella Hunt Singing. 1693. The Old Bachelor. 1694. The Double Deuler. Obtains a post in the Pipe Office circa. 1695. The Mourning Muse of Alexis. Love fbr Love. Ode to the King. Letter to Dennis Concerning Ifurnour in Comedy. Becomes commissioner for licensing Hackney Coaches. 1691. The Mourning Bride. The Birth of the Muse. 1698, Amendments of Mr. Colliers False and Imperfect Citations. 1700. The Way of the World. 1701. The Judgment of Paris. Ode for St. Cecilias Day. 1704. Squire Trelooby, an adaptation from Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, in collaboration with Vanbrugh and Walsh. vi CHRONOLOGY 1705. The Tears of Amaryllis. Is given a place in the Customs. 1706. A Pindaric Ode to the Queen, with A Discourse on the Pindaric Ode. 1710. Publication of his Works, with Smele. 1714. Place in the Customs bettered. Receives in addition the Secretaryship of the Island of Jamaica. 1720. Pope dedicates his Iliad to him. 1722. Steele dedicates to him his edition of Addisons The Drummer. 1726. Is visited by Voltaire. 1729. Dies. Epistle to Lord Cobham posthumously published. Written 1728. INTRODUCTION RESTORATION COMEDY SINCE t he year 1698, when Jeremy Collier flung his fulminations into the strongholds of the . English drama, it has been the-habit to tag Restoration comedy with the epithet licentious . Macaulay scrawled the word in flaming characters throughout a full-length essay and Lamb, in elaborating his nimble excuse, admitted the black indictment. What has happened that to-day we can face without flinching the prospect of seeing a comedy by Wycherley, and that Congreve touches our emotions instead of seeming a monster of callousness The first thing to remgniire is that Restoration comedy was not merely licentious, even if the adjective is useful in revealing that its chief subject is the intimate relations between men and women. It is a mistake to confuse subject with treatment one might as well say that Vanity P a i M, adame Bova g, and Crime and Punishment are licentious, because the characters in those books do not behave with the perfect propriety of the ladies in Cranford. The truth is-perhaps it was this that really shocked the moralists-that the comedy written from 1660 to 1700 dealt somewhat coldly viii INTRODUCTION with human love and lust, something cavalierly with the marriage tie. For there are, in the main, two attitudes one can take up in face of mans inability to live up to his ideals one that of amusement in the comic spirit, which implies that mans ideals need modification, or at least that his attitude towards them does the other that of horror, which implies that man himself needs modification-a task in which the risks of failure are discouraging. The comic writers of that time took for subject. the relations between the sexes not only because it lends itself so easily to jest the earliest recorded laughter is on this subject but because at that time it was one of crying importance. This was due to the fact not so much that society was lax, ss that it was experimental... ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the text that can both be accessed online and used to create new print copies. This book and thousands of others can be found in the digital collections of the University of Michigan Library. The University Library also understands and values the utility of print, and makes reprints available through its Scholarly Publishing Office. ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses.
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National Library of Scotland

T163190



Glasgow : printed for Robert Urie, 1761. 2v. ; 8° ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses.
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National Library of Scotland

T163190



Glasgow : printed for Robert Urie, 1761. 2v. ; 8° ... Read more

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1923. This is Volume I of II of the Complete Works of William Congreve. Congreve's literary apprenticeship was served under the tutelage of John Dryden, the leading playwright of the day. William Congreve only wrote five plays before retiring from writing to work in government. Contents: Letters; Incognita; The Old Bachelor (which is the author's first play); The Double-Dealer; Love for Love; and The Mourning Bride. Volume 2 ISBN 076618739X. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more