Buch, Englisch, 876 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 221 mm, Gewicht: 1328 g
Buch, Englisch, 876 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 221 mm, Gewicht: 1328 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-929747-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
dramatic context in which Congreve worked, and examined how his contemporaries received Congreve's work. More importantly, McKenzie has convincingly re-evaluated Congreve's works and life to transform our image of the man and his reputation.
McKenzie here follows the editorial practice suggested in two early editions of the Works published by Congreve's friend, the bookseller Jacob Tonson, in 1710 and 1719. These three volumes follow a plan similar to that in the Tonson edition, with The Old Batchelor, The Double-Dealer, and Love for Love collected in the first, a central volume with The Way of the World, and a final volume with Congreve's novel Incognita, some of his prose
works, letters, and later verse. In each case, Congreve's work is left to speak for itself, unencumbered by intrusive notes, textual apparatus, or collations, which are gathered instead near the end of each volume.
This edition will be an invaluable resource for scholars for many years to come. It is a monument to McKenzie's own scholarship as well as to the integrity of William Congreve.
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Scholars and students of literature and theatre
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Plays, Masque, Opera: The Mourning Bride, The Way of the World, The Judgment of Paris, Semele
Poems: Poems upon several Occasions, Songs from Plays, Miscellaneous Poems
Music: The Mourning Bride, The Way of the World, The Judgment of Paris, Semele, and the Songs
Commentary: The Mourning Bride, The Way of the World, The Judgment of Paris, Semele, Poems upon several Occasions, Songs from Plays, Miscellaneous Poems
Early Editions and Variant Readings: The Mourning Bride, The Way of the World, The Judgment of Paris, Semele, Poems upon several Occasions
Abbreviations and Works Frequently Cited