Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century
Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century

Author: John Nichols

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-12-04

Total Pages: 943

ISBN-13: 1108077390

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This eight-volume set, published 1817-58 by the Nichols family, is a sequel to John Nichols' Literary Anecdotes (1812-15), and provides a useful source of biographical material on authors and publishers at a time when many of the literary genres we now take for granted were first being developed.

Selected Spiritual Writings of Anne Dutton: Discourses, poetry, hymns, memoir
Selected Spiritual Writings of Anne Dutton: Discourses, poetry, hymns, memoir

Author: Anne Dutton

Publisher: Mercer University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9780865547957

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Volume II contains Anne Dutton's once well-known and widely circulated A Discourse upon Waling with God (1735). Once read and referred to by George Whitefield, it contains spiritual insights for practical daily living. Dutton's hymns and poetry are also included in this volume. Dutton's poetry, A Narration of the Wonders of Grace (1734), was a prominent publication in her day. It contained 1,504 lines of poetry in six parts based on themes of salvation. Her biographer, J.C. Whitebrook, referred to it as her chief literary production. Sixty-one of Dutton's hymns composed on several subjects are also included in that volume. Her biographer, J.A. Jones, noted that these were written for plain and homely folk in the midland countries. Dutton's contribution to evangelical spirituality, poetry, and hymnody in the Baptist tradition is significant.

The Politics of Parody
The Politics of Parody

Author: David Francis Taylor

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2018-06-19

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 0300235593

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This engaging study explores how the works of Shakespeare, Milton, Swift, and others were taken up by caricaturists as a means of helping the eighteenth-century British public make sense of political issues, outrages, and personalities. The first in-depth exploration of the relationship between literature and visual satire in this period, David Taylor’s book explores how great texts, seen through the lens of visual parody, shape how we understand the political world. It offers a fascinating, novel approach to literary history.

The Correspondence of Adam Ferguson Vol 1
The Correspondence of Adam Ferguson Vol 1

Author: Vincenzo Merolle

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-10-28

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 1040248039

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This Pickering edition of Adam Ferguson's correspondence contains over 400 letters, most of which have never before been published. The correspondence includes letters between Ferguson and Adam Smith, David Hume and Alexander Carlyle and many other central figures of the Scottish Enlightenment.