| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 249 pages) |
| Series |
Critical heritage series |
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Critical heritage series.
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| Contents |
1. Nathan Field, Robert Daborne, and Philip Massinger, letter to Philip Henslowe, c. 1613 -- 2. John Taylor, from The praise of hemp-seed, 1620 -- 3. Sir Thomas Jay -- 4. Thomas May, poem published with The Roman actor, 1629 -- 5. Philip Massinger, Prologue to The maid of honour, 1630 -- 6. William Davenant, 'To my honored ffriend Mr Thomas Carew', 1630 -- 7. Philip Massinger, 'A Charme for a Libeller', 1630 -- 8. Sir Henry Herbert -- 9. William Heminge, elegy on Thomas Randolph's finger, 1631-2 -- 10. Sir Aston Cokaine -- 11. Wit's recreations, 'To Mr. Philip Massinger', 1640 -- 12. Abraham Wright, 'Excerpta quaedam per A.W. Adolescentem', c. 1640 -- 13. Philip Kynder, from The surfeit to abc, 1656 -- 14. Samuel Pepys, diary -- 15. Gerard Langbaine, from An account of the English dramatick poets, 1691 -- 16. Anthony Wood, from Athenae Oxonienses, 1691 -- 17. Nicholas Rowe, from The fair penitent, 1703 -- 18. Oliver Goldsmith, review of Thomas Coxeter (ed.), The dramatic works of Philip Massinger, The critical review, July 1759 -- 19. George Colman, Critical reflections on the old English dramatick writers, 1761 -- 20. Thomas Davies, Some account of the life of Philip Massinger, 1779 -- 21. Unsigned reviews of The Bondman, 1779 -- 22. Henry Bate, advertisement to The magic picture, 1783 -- 23. Unsigned reviews of The magic picture, 1783 -- 24. Richard Cumberland, from The observer, 1786 -- 25. Charles Lamb |
| Summary |
Martin Garrett's comprehensive collection presents and explains the history of the critical reception to Massinger's work from the early seventeenth to the late nineteenth century. The volume includes extensive selections from the writings of Pepys, Goldsmith, Coleridge, Hazlitt, Lamb and Swinburne, as well as briefer comments from Scott, Byron and Keats. Responses to Massinger's plays from writers as diverse as Boswell, Mrs Thrale, Dickens and Elizabeth Barrett Browning are discussed in Martin Garrett's introduction, which also includes an account of the plays' original political and theatric |
| Analysis |
English drama |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-241) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
T International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text |
| Subject |
Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640 fast |
| Subject |
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Garrett, Martin
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| ISBN |
0203405048 |
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9780203405048 |
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9780415033404 |
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0415033403 |
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9786610323814 |
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661032381X |
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