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Zusatztext 1645-1714: The Later Seventeenth Century is a splendid achievement in its breadth and detail. Undergraduate and graduate students would gain much from reading it. Scholars of any period will appreciate the excellent citations and bibliography of secondary sources. All readers interested in women and literature will be impressed by the range of voices and detail given to develop the field's understanding of women authors and audiences in the late seventeenth century. Informationen zum Autor Margaret J. M. Ezell is a Distinguished Professor of English and the John and Sara Lindsey Chair of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University. She received her degrees from Wellesley College and Cambridge University. Klappentext The Oxford English Literary History is the new century's definitive account of a rich and diverse literary heritage that stretches back for a millennium and more. This volume covers 1645 to 1714, which saw the rise of new media forms, and transformations in performance spaces, bookselling, and the concept of authorship. Zusammenfassung The Oxford English Literary History is the new century's definitive account of a rich and diverse literary heritage that stretches back for a millennium and more. This volume covers 1645 to 1714, which saw the rise of new media forms, and transformations in performance spaces, bookselling, and the concept of authorship. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: 1645: The War and the Commonwealth I: Laws Regulating Publication, Speech, and Performance, 1645-1658 II: Humphrey Moseley and London Literary Publishing: Making the Book, Image and Word III: Hearing, Speaking, Writing: Religious Discourse from the Pulpit, among the Congregations, and the Prophets IV: Sociable Texts: Manuscript Circulation, Writers, and Readers in Britain and Abroad V: Fiction and Adventure Narratives: Romantic Foreigners and Native Romances 2: 1659-1660: The Return of the King I: Laws Regulating Publication, Speech, and Performance, 1660-1673 II: Renovating the Stage: Companies, Actresses, Repertoire, Theatre Innovations, and the Touring Companies III: Enacting Libertinism: Court Performance and Literary Culture IV: Creating Science: The Royal Society and the New Literatures of Science V: 'Adventurous Song': Samuel Butler, Abraham Cowley, Katherine Philips, John Milton, and 1660s Verse 3: 1674-1675: For Profit and Delight I: Laws Regulating Publication, Speech, and Performance II: Poets and the Politics of Patronage and Literary Criticism III: Theatrical Entertainments Outside the London Commercial Playhouses: Smock Alley, Travelling Companies, Strollers, School Plays, and Private Performances IV: Fictions: The Pilgrim's Progress, the New 'Novels', and Love and Erotica V: Foreign Parts: English Readers and Foreign Lands and Cultures 4: 1685-1686 Transitions I: Laws Regulating Publication, Speech, and Performance II: Heard in the Street: Broadside Ballads III: Seen on Stage: English Operas, the Female Wits, and the 'Reformed' Stage IV: Debates between the Sexes: Satires, Advice, and Polemics 5: 1700: Forming the New Britain I: Laws Regulating Publication, Preaching, and Performance II: Kit-Cats and Scriblerians: Clubs, Wits, The Tatler, The Spectator, and The Memoirs of Martin Scriblerus III: Booksellers and the Book Trade: John Dunton, Edmund Curll, Grub Street, and the Rise of Bernard Lintot IV: 'The Great Business of Poetry': Poets, Pastoral, and Politics Appendix: Companion Volume: Table of Contents For Further Reading Works Cited Index ...
