The Cambridge Companion To John Dryden

Author : Steven N. Zwicker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2004-05-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521531446

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The Cambridge Companion to John Dryden by Steven N. Zwicker Pdf

John Dryden, Poet Laureate to Charles II and James II, was one of the great literary figures of the late seventeenth century. This Companion provides a fresh look at Dryden s tactics and triumphs in negotiating the extraordinary political and cultural revolutions of his time. The newly commissioned essays introduce readers to the full range of his work as a poet, as a writer of innovative plays and operas, as a purveyor of contemporary notions of empire, and most of all as a man intimate with the opportunities of aristocratic patronage as well as the emerging market for literary gossip, slander and polemic. Dryden s works are examined in the context of seventeenth-century politics, publishing and ideas of authorship. A valuable resource for students and scholars, the Companion includes a full chronology of Dryden s life and times and a detailed guide to further reading.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 5215314462

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Cambridge Companion to John Dryden by Anonim Pdf

Author : Steven N. Zwicker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1998-06-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521564883

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The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1650-1740 by Steven N. Zwicker Pdf

This volume offers an account of English literary culture in one of its most volatile and politically engaged moments. From the work of Milton and Marvell in the 1650s and 1660s through the brilliant careers of Dryden, Rochester, and Behn, Locke and Astell, Swift and Defoe, Pope and Montagu, the pressures and extremes of social, political, and sexual experience are everywhere reflected in literary texts: in the daring lyrics and intricate political allegories of this age, in the vitriol and bristling topicality of its satires as well as in the imaginative flight of its mock epics, fictions, and heroic verse. The volume's chronologies and select bibliographies will guide the reader through texts and events, while the fourteen essays commissioned for this Companion will allow us to read the period anew.

Author : Derek Hughes,Janet Todd
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004-11-25
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521527201

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The Cambridge Companion to Aphra Behn by Derek Hughes,Janet Todd Pdf

Traditionally known as the first professional woman writer in English, Aphra Behn has now emerged as one of the major figures of the Restoration. She provided more plays for the stage than any other author and greatly influenced the development of the novel with her ground-breaking fiction, especially Love-Letters between a Nobleman and his Sister and Oroonoko, the first English novel set in America. Behn's work straddles the genres: beside drama and fiction, she also excelled in poetry and she made several important translations from French libertine and scientific works. This Companion discusses and introduces her writings in all these fields and provides the critical tools with which to judge their aesthetic and historical importance. It also includes a full bibliography, a detailed chronology and a description of the known facts of her life. The Companion will be an essential tool for the study of this increasingly important writer and thinker.

Author : Claude Julien Rawson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521874342

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The Cambridge Companion to English Poets by Claude Julien Rawson Pdf

This volume provides essays by twenty-nine leading scholars and critics on the best English poets from Chaucer to Larkin.

Author : Anne Dunan-Page
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521733083

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The Cambridge Companion to Bunyan by Anne Dunan-Page Pdf

A comprehensive introduction to Bunyan's life and works, examining their place in the broader context of seventeenth-century history and literature.

Author : Eva-Marie Kröller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107159624

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The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature by Eva-Marie Kröller Pdf

A fully revised second edition of this multi-author account of Canadian literature, from Aboriginal writing to Margaret Atwood.

Author : Deborah Payne Fisk
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2000-05-11
Category : Drama
ISBN : 052158812X

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The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre by Deborah Payne Fisk Pdf

Fourteen specially commissioned essays provide essential information about staging, playwrights, themes and genres in the drama of the Restoration.

Author : Lawrence Manley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107495555

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The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of London by Lawrence Manley Pdf

London has provided the setting and inspiration for a host of literary works in English, from canonical masterpieces to the popular and ephemeral. Drawing upon a variety of methods and materials, the essays in this volume explore the London of Langland and the Peasants' Rebellion, of Shakespeare and the Elizabethan stage, of Pepys and the Restoration coffee house, of Dickens and Victorian wealth and poverty, of Conrad and the Empire, of Woolf and the wartime Blitz, of Naipaul and postcolonial immigration, and of contemporary globalism. Contributions from historians, art historians, theorists and media specialists as well as leading literary scholars exemplify current approaches to genre, gender studies, book history, performance studies and urban studies. In showing how the tradition of English literature is shaped by representations of London, this volume also illuminates the relationship between the literary imagination and the society of one of the world's greatest cities.

Author : Kirk Freudenburg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0521803594

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The Cambridge Companion to Roman Satire by Kirk Freudenburg Pdf

Satire as a distinct genre of writing was first developed by the Romans in the second century BCE. Regarded by them as uniquely 'their own', satire held a special place in the Roman imagination as the one genre that could address the problems of city life from the perspective of a 'real Roman'. In this Cambridge Companion an international team of scholars provides a stimulating introduction to Roman satire's core practitioners and practices, placing them within the contexts of Greco-Roman literary and political history. Besides addressing basic questions of authors, content, and form, the volume looks to the question of what satire 'does' within the world of Greco-Roman social exchanges, and goes on to treat the genre's further development, reception, and translation in Elizabethan England and beyond. Included are studies of the prosimetric, 'Menippean' satires that would become the models of Rabelais, Erasmus, More, and (narrative satire's crowning jewel) Swift.

Author : Richard Harp,Stanley Stewart
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2000-11-30
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521646782

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The Cambridge Companion to Ben Jonson by Richard Harp,Stanley Stewart Pdf

An accessible, up-to-date introduction to the life and works of poet and dramatist Ben Jonson.

Author : Edward James,Farah Mendlesohn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107493735

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The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature by Edward James,Farah Mendlesohn Pdf

Fantasy is a creation of the Enlightenment, and the recognition that excitement and wonder can be found in imagining impossible things. From the ghost stories of the Gothic to the zombies and vampires of twenty-first-century popular literature, from Mrs Radcliffe to Ms Rowling, the fantastic has been popular with readers. Since Tolkien and his many imitators, however, it has become a major publishing phenomenon. In this volume, critics and authors of fantasy look at its history since the Enlightenment, introduce readers to some of the different codes for the reading and understanding of fantasy, and examine some of the many varieties and subgenres of fantasy; from magical realism at the more literary end of the genre, to paranormal romance at the more popular end. The book is edited by the same pair who produced The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction (winner of a Hugo Award in 2005).

Author : John Sitter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2001-03-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521658853

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The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Poetry by John Sitter Pdf

This book analyzes major premises and practices of eighteenth-century English poets.

Author : Karl Galinsky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107494565

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The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus by Karl Galinsky Pdf

The age of Augustus, commonly dated to 30 BC – AD 14, was a pivotal period in world history. A time of tremendous change in Rome, Italy, and throughout the Mediterranean world, many developments were underway when Augustus took charge and a recurring theme is the role that he played in shaping their direction. The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus captures the dynamics and richness of this era by examining important aspects of political and social history, religion, literature, and art and architecture. The sixteen essays, written by distinguished specialists from the United States and Europe, explore the multi-faceted character of the period and the interconnections between social, religious, political, literary, and artistic developments. Introducing the reader to many of the central issues of the Age of Augustus, the essays also break new ground and will stimulate further research and discussion.

Author : Pat Rogers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139827324

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The Cambridge Companion to Alexander Pope by Pat Rogers Pdf

Alexander Pope was the greatest poet of his age and the dominant influence on eighteenth-century British poetry. His large oeuvre, written over a thirty-year period, encompasses satires, odes and political verse and reflects the sexual, moral and cultural issues of the world around him, often in brilliant lines and phrases which have become part of our language today. This is the first overview to analyse the full range of Pope's work and to set it in its historical and cultural context. Specially commissioned essays by leading scholars explore all of Pope's major works, including the sexual politics of The Rape of the Lock, the philosophical enquiries of An Essay on Man and the Moral Essays, and the mock-heroic of The Dunciad in its various forms. This volume will be indispensable not only for students and scholars of Pope's work, but also for all those interested in the Augustan age.