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1 online resource (599 pages) |
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Oxford English Literary History |
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Oxford English literary history.
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Cover ; The Oxford English Literary History Volume 5: 1645-1714: The Later Seventeenth Century; Copyright; Acknowledgements; General Editors' Preface; Contents; List of Figures; Abbreviations; A Note on the Texts; A Preface to the Reader: Describing 'Literary Life' in the Mid- and Late Seventeenth Century; 1. Ending the War, Creating a Commonwealth, and Surviving the Interregnum, 1645-1658 ; I. 1645; II. Laws Regulating Publication, Speech, and Performance,1645-1658 ; III. Humphrey Moseley and London Literary Publishing: Making the Book, Image, and Word |
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IV. Hearing, Speaking, Writing: Religious Discourse from the Pulpit, among the Congregations, and from the Prophets V. Fiction and Adventure Narratives: Romantic Foreigners and Native Romances ; VI. Sociable Texts: Manuscript Circulation, Writers, and Readers in Britain and Abroad ; 2. The Return of the King, Restoration, and Innovation, 1659-1673 ; I. 1659-1660; II. Laws Regulating Publication, Speech, and Performance,1660-1673 ; III. Renovating the Stage: Companies, Actresses, Repertoire, Theatre Innovations, and the Touring Companies |
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IV. Enacting Libertinism: Court Performance and Literary Culture V. Creating Science: The Royal Society and the New Literatures of Science ; VI. 'Adventurous Song': Samuel Butler, Abraham Cowley, Katherine Philips, John Milton, and1660s Verse ; 3. Reading and Writing for Profit and Delight, 1674-1684 ; I. 1674-1675; II. Laws Regulating Publication, Speech, and Performance,1674-1684; III. Poets and the Politics of Patronage and Literary Criticism ; IV. Theatrical Entertainments Outside the London Commercial Playhouses: Smock Alley, Strollers, School Plays, and Private Performances |
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v. Fictions: The Pilgrim's Progress, the New 'Novels', and Love and Erotica VI. Foreign Parts: English Readers and Foreign Lands and Cultures ; 4. The End of the Century, Scripting Transitions, 1685-1699 ; I. 1685-1686; II. Laws Regulating Publication, Speech, and Performance,1685-1699; III. Heard in the Street: Broadside Ballads ; IV. Seen on Stage: English Operas, the Female Wits, and the 'Reformed' Stage ; V. Debates between the Sexes: Satires, Advice, and Polemics ; 5. Writing the New Britain, 1700-1714 ; I. 1700; II. Laws Regulating Publication, Preaching, and Performance,1700-1714 |
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III. Kit-Cats and Scriblerians: Clubs, Wits, the Tatler, the Spectator, and The Memoirs of Martin Scriblerus IV. Booksellers and the Book Trade: John Dunton, Edmund Curll, Grub Street, and the Rise of Bernard Lintot ; V. 'The Great Business of Poetry': Poets, Pastoral, and Politics ; Appendix: Table of Contents of The Oxford English Literary History Volume 5: 1645-1714: The Later SeventeenthCentury (Companion Volume); Bibliography ; Pre-1750 Sources ; Post-1750 Sources ; Index |
| Summary |
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 |
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Print version record |
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English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
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English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
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English literature.
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English literature -- Early modern.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780192537829 |
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0192537822 |
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