British Literature 1640-1789 - An Anthology

Informationen zum Autor Robert DeMaria, Jr is the Henry Noble MacCracken Professor of English Literature at Vassar College, USA. He is the General Editor of the Yale edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson , and editor of the Johnsonian News Letter . He is the author of numerous books including The Life of Samuel Johnson (Wiley Blackwell, 1993), and Samuel Johnson and the Life of Reading (1997); and is the editor of British Literature 1640-1789: A Critical Reader (1998), Classical Literature and Its Reception: An Anthology (with Robert D. Brown, 2007), and A Companion to British Literature in four volumes (with Heesok Chang and Samantha Zacher, 2014), all published by Wiley Blackwell. Klappentext Spanning the period from the British Civil War to the French Revolution, the fourth edition of this successful anthology brings together an exceptional range of literature, including many works by women writers of the period, selections of literature from private and public life, and sources from letters to political ballads. Maintaining the volume's enduring commitment to what were once referred to as 'marginal' authors, the new edition also strengthens its coverage of canonical writings of the period, adding works by John Dryden, Alexander Pope, and Samuel Johnson. The fourth edition has been significantly updated throughout, with revised introductions taking recent critical works and editions into account. In addition to expanding canonical writings, the anthology now contains four full plays, with Aphra Behn's The Rover and John Gay's Beggar's Opera having been added to this edition. There is also coverage of the development of British literature in the American colonies through the inclusion of a selection from Samson Occom and the Declaration of Independence. These works continue the anthology's original commitment to viewing the literary works of the period within their cultural context. Valuable student resources include a chronology of literary as well as political events to help guide readers with the broad and deep selection of works from this period. Zusammenfassung Spanning the period from the British Civil War to the French Revolution, the fourth edition of this successful anthology increases its coverage of canonical writings, plays, and of the development of British Literature in the American colonies. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Authors xvii Chronology xix Thematic Table of Contents xxvi Introduction xxxvi Editorial Principles xlv Preface to the Fourth Edition xlvii Acknowledgments xlix Ballads and Newsbooks from the Civil War (1640-1649) 1 The World is Turned Upside Down (1646) 1 The King's Last farewell to the World, or The Dead King's Living Meditations, at the approach of Death denounced against Him (1649) 3 The Royal Health to the Rising Sun (1649) 6 from A Perfect Diurnal of Some Passages in Parliament (1649) 7 Number 288, 29 January-5 February 1649 7 from Mercurius Pragmaticus (1649) 8 Number 43, 30 January-6 February 1649 8 Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) 10 from Leviathan (1651) 10 Chapter XIII: Of the NATURAL CONDITION of Mankind, as concerning their Felicity, and Misery 10 Robert Herrick (1591-1674) 14 from Hesperides (1648) 14 The Argument of His Book 14 To Daffodils 15 The Night-piece, to Julia 15 The Hock-Cart, or Harvest Home 16 Upon Julia's Clothes 17 When he would have his verses read 18 Delight in Disorder 18 To the Virgins, to make much of Time 18 His Return to London 19 The Bad Season Makes the Poet Sad 19 The Pillar of Fame 20 John Milton (1608-1674) 21 from The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce; Restored to the Good of Both Sexes, From the bondage of Canon Law, and other mistak...

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List of Authors xvii
 
Chronology xix
 
Thematic Table of Contents xxvi
 
Introduction xxxvi
 
Editorial Principles xlv
 
Preface to the Fourth Edition xlvii
 
Acknowledgments xlix
 
Ballads and Newsbooks from the Civil War (1640-1649) 1
 
The World is Turned Upside Down (1646) 1
 
The King's Last farewell to the World, or The Dead King's Living Meditations, at the approach of Death denounced against Him (1649) 3
 
The Royal Health to the Rising Sun (1649) 6
 
from A Perfect Diurnal of Some Passages in Parliament (1649) 7
 
Number 288, 29 January-5 February 1649 7
 
from Mercurius Pragmaticus (1649) 8
 
Number 43, 30 January-6 February 1649 8
 
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) 10
 
from Leviathan (1651) 10
 
Chapter XIII: Of the NATURAL CONDITION of Mankind, as concerning their Felicity, and Misery 10
 
Robert Herrick (1591-1674) 14
 
from Hesperides (1648) 14
 
The Argument of His Book 14
 
To Daffodils 15
 
The Night-piece, to Julia 15
 
The Hock-Cart, or Harvest Home 16
 
Upon Julia's Clothes 17
 
When he would have his verses read 18
 
Delight in Disorder 18
 
To the Virgins, to make much of Time 18
 
His Return to London 19
 
The Bad Season Makes the Poet Sad 19
 
The Pillar of Fame 20
 
John Milton (1608-1674) 21
 
from The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce; Restored to the Good of Both Sexes, From the bondage of Canon Law, and other mistakes, to Christian freedom, guided by the Rule of Charity. Wherein also many places of Scripture, have recovered their long-lost meaning. Seasonable to be now thought on in the Reformation intended. (1643) 23
 
Book I: The Preface 23
 
from Chapter I 26
 
from Chapter VI 26
 
from Areopagitica; A Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, to the Parliament of England (1644) 27
 
from Poems (1673) 44
 
Sonnet 18 (1655) On the Late Massacre in Piemont 44
 
Sonnet 19 (1652?) "When I Consider how my Light is Spent" 44
 
Sonnet 16 [To the Lord General Cromwell, 1652] 45
 
from Paradise Lost (1667) 45
 
The Verse 47
 
Book I 47
 
Book II 66
 
Book IV 91
 
Book IX 116
 
Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) 145
 
Anacreontiques: Or, Some Copies of Verses Translated Paraphrastically out of Anacreon 145
 
To the Royal Society 152
 
Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) 157
 
from Miscellaneous Poems (1681) 158
 
The Coronet 158
 
The Picture of Little T.C. in a Prospect of Flowers 158
 
Bermudas (1653?) 159
 
The Mower to the Glo-Worms (1651-2?) 161
 
An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland (1650) 161
 
The Garden (1651-2?) 164
 
On a Drop of Dew (1651-2?) 167
 
To his Coy Mistress (c.1645) 168
 
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673) 170
 
from Poems and Fancies (1653) 170
 
Poets have most Pleasure in this Life 170
 
from The Description of a New World, called the Blazing World (1666) 171
 
John Bunyan (1628-1688) 179
 
from Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (1666) 179
 
John Dryden (1631-1700) 183
 
To My Honoured Friend, Dr Charleton, on his learned and useful Works; and more particularly this of STONE-HENGE, by him Restored to the true
 
Founders (1663) 184
 
Mac Flecknoe (1676?) 186
 
Absalom and Achitophel: A Poem (1681) 192
 
To the Memory of Mr. Oldham (1684) 217
 
To the Pious Memory

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"This is a magisterial anthology, skilfully selected and rigorously edited by Robert DeMaria, with crisp, authoritative explanatory material. The fourth edition of British Literature 1640-1789 retains the exciting openness of earlier editions to voices from the margins while intensifying its focus on the major authors and works as we teach them today." Thomas Keymer, University of Toronto
 
"Already the gold standard for this period, British Literature 1640-1789 keeps getting better. The range and inclusiveness of genres and authors is remarkable and inventive - no instructor will be at a loss for the canon or the non-canonical. In fact, this anthology helps reshape the canon. No such collection can ever be perfect, but this one comes as close to perfection as the form allows. Headnotes are superb and succinct, the layout and design eminently inviting to the eye." James Engell, Harvard University

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• Authors: R DeMaria, Robert DeMaria, Robert (Vassar College Demaria, DeMaria Robert
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9781118952481
• ISBN: 978-1-118-95248-1
• No. of pages: 1248
• Series: Blackwell Anthologies; Blackwell Anthologies
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; Literatur, Literaturwissenschaft, Englische Literatur, englischsprachige Literatur, Literature, Grossbritannien /Literatur, Literaturgeschichte, English Literature, 17th Century English Literature, Englische Literatur / 17. Jhd.