The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers
and Writing1660-1789 features coverage of the lives and
works of almost 500 notable writers based in the British Isles from
the return of the British monarchy in 1660 until the French
Revolution of 1789.
* Broad coverage of writers and texts presents a new picture of
18th-century British authorship
* Takes advantage of newly expanded eighteenth-century canon to
include significantly more women writers and labouring-class
writers than have traditionally been studied
* Draws on the latest scholarship to more accurately reflect the
literary achievements of the long eighteenth century
Autorentext
Paul Baines is Professor, School of English, University of Liverpool. He is the author of The House of Forgery in 18th-Century Britain (1999), The Complete Critical Guide to Alexander Pope (2000), The Long Eighteenth Century (2004), and Edmund Curll: Bookseller (with Pat Rogers 2006), and editor of Five Romantic Plays 1768-1821 (2000).
Julian Ferraro is Lecturer, School of English, University of Liverpool. He is the author of several articles on literature of the period and is one of the editors of The Poems of Alexander Pope in the Longman Annotated English Poets (2010).
Pat Rogers holds the DeBartolo Chair in the Liberal Arts, University of South Florida. He is one of the foremost authorities on eighteenth-century literature and has written or edited over thirty books on the period. He has worked extensively on Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Henry Fielding, and Daniel Defoe, among many others. His recent publications include The Alexander Pope Encyclopedia (2004), Pope and the Destiny of the Stuarts (2005), and the edited collection, The Cambridge Companion to Alexander Pope (2008).
Klappentext
In British history, the years between 1660 and 1789 -- frequently referred to as the "long eighteenth century" -- were marked by seismic shifts in the political, economic, and cultural landscapes. The literary responses to the transformational events that transpired during this period were no less startling. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing features coverage of almost 500 notable writers based in the British Isles from the return of the British monarchy in 1660 until the French Revolution of 1789. While notable writers such as Defoe, Dryden, Pope, Swift, and Johnson are covered, this volume also draws on the latest scholarship to more accurately reflect the literary achievements of this rich and fertile period. Wide ranging essays reveal a time in which aristocratic writers co-existed with professional dramatists and novelists. Also covered are the great many women and working class writers who first entered the literary mainstream, along with clergymen, doctors, lawyers, and distinctive new voices who took advantage of new opportunities to publish in newspapers, anthologies, reviews, and magazines. At once lively and authoritative, The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing: 1660-1789 presents an engaging and invaluable window into the lives and livelihood of British writers from the Restoration to the rise of Romanticism.
Zusammenfassung
The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing1660-1789 features coverage of the lives and works of almost 500 notable writers based in the British Isles from the return of the British monarchy in 1660 until the French Revolution of 1789.
- Broad coverage of writers and texts presents a new picture of 18th-century British authorship
- Takes advantage of newly expanded eighteenth-century canon to include significantly more women writers and labouring-class writers than have traditionally been studied
- Draws on the latest scholarship to more accurately reflect the literary achievements of the long eighteenth century
Inhalt
Acknowledgments.
Timeline.
Introduction and Further Reading.
Entries AZ.
Index.