Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous, English, Scottish, & Welsh Drama, Irish Drama
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Overview
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 theatrical context.Editorials
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Traces the varied critical responses to the plays of Philip Massinger (1583-1640) from the early 17th century to the late 19th, through short excerpts from such luminaries as Pepys, Goldsmith, Coleridge, Swinburne, Scott, and Keats. A 50-page introduction discusses the comments of others, including T.S. Eliot's scorching damnation of 1920, from which the works have not risen yet. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
June 20, 1991
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Pages
264
ISBN
9780203405048