Men of Letters and the English Public in the Eighteenth Century, 1660-1744: Dryden, Addison, Pope

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Psychology Press, 1998 - 492
This volume traces the modern critical and performance history of this play, one of Shakespeare's most-loved and most-performed comedies. The essay focus on such modern concerns as feminism, deconstruction, textual theory, and queer theory.

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Courtiers literary pretensions Authors compelled to seek
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As yet neither public nor men of letters
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JOHN DRYDEN AND POLITICS 16801688
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Decadence of Drama Newspapers The Coffee House
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Drydens Absalom
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Sprats Account of
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The SpectatorA_Nonpolitical Daily Appeal to
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Increase in the number and quality of readers The influence
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ALEXANDER POPE 17211744
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Walpole at the Head of Affairs 172142 Cessation of political
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Dryden and the first English publisher Jacob Tonson The
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Pope and his publishers Tonson and Lintot Popes Translation
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Conclusion
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INDEX
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Authors services are better appreciated The
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JOSEPH ADDISON 16881721
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Happy results of the writers new status They acquire
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Jeremy Colliers Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness
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The Danger of Colliers Attack The Danger averted
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