Description |
viii, 322 pages ; 21 cm. |
Series |
Goldentree books
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Goldentree books.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
An essay of dramatic poesy (1668) ; Preface to Fables ancient and modern (1700) / John Dryden -- "Concerning humour in comedy" (1695) / William Congreve -- From A short view of the immorality and profaneness of the English stage (1698) / Jeremy Collier -- From A short vindication of the "relapse" and "provok'd wife" from immorality and profaneness (1698) / Sir John Vanbrugh -- "Sweetness and light" from The battle of the books (1696-1697) ; On the corruption of the English tongue, Tatler CCXXX (1710) / Jonathan Swift -- A discourse on pastoral poetry (1709) ; An essay on criticism (1711) / Alexander Pope -- "On the ballad of Chevy Chase," the Spectator LXX (1711) ; "On the pleasantness of the imagination", the Spectator CDXI, CDXVI, CDXVIII (1712) / Joseph Addison -- Preface to The conscious lovers (1722) / Sir Richard Steele -- Preface to Joseph Andrews (1742) ; Introductory chapters from Tom Jones (1749) ; "The purpose of letters," the Covent Garden journal X (1752) / Henry Fielding -- From A philosophical inquiry into the origin of or ideas of the sublime and beautiful (1757) / Edmund Burke -- "Of tragedy" (1757) / David Hume -- "Third discourse on art" (1770) / Sir Joshua Reynolds -- "Essay on the theatre; or, A comparison between sentimental and laughing comedy" (1773) / Oliver Goldsmith -- "On the novel," Rambler IV (1750) ; "On pastoral poetry", Rambler XXXVII (1750) ; From The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759) ; From Lives of the poets (1779-1780) / Samuel Johnson. |
Subject |
English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700.
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English literature -- 18th century.
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English literature. |
Chronological Term |
18th century |
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