The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield
The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield

Author: Edward Robins

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-24

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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"The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield" is a book based on the life of Anne Oldfield, an Englishwoman and one of the highest-paid actresses of her time. The author tells about the most critical events in the life of this great personality in an engaging narrative form, including dialog, funny facts, and exciting stories — a perfect read for anyone wishing to learn more about the life of this extraordinary woman.

The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1650–1740
The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1650–1740

Author: Steven N. Zwicker

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998-06-18

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1139825593

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This volume offers an account of English literary culture in one of its most volatile and politically engaged moments. From the work of Milton and Marvell in the 1650s and 1660s through the brilliant careers of Dryden, Rochester, and Behn, Locke and Astell, Swift and Defoe, Pope and Montagu, the pressures and extremes of social, political, and sexual experience are everywhere reflected in literary texts: in the daring lyrics and intricate political allegories of this age, in the vitriol and bristling topicality of its satires as well as in the imaginative flight of its mock epics, fictions, and heroic verse. The volume's chronologies and select bibliographies will guide the reader through texts and events, while the fourteen essays commissioned for this Companion will allow us to read the period anew.

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature

Author: Dinah Birch

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2013-05-30

Total Pages: 973

ISBN-13: 0191036749

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Based on the bestselling Oxford Companion to English Literature, this is an indispensable, compact guide to all aspects of English literature. Over 5,500 new and revised A to Z entries give unrivalled coverage of writers, works, historical context, literary theory, allusions, characters, and plot summaries. Discursive feature entries supply a wealth of information about important genres in literature. For this fourth edition, the dictionary has been fully revised and updated to include expanded coverage of postcolonial, African, black British, and children's literature, as well as improved representation in the areas of science fiction, biography, travel literature, women's writing, gay and lesbian writing, and American literature. The appendices listing literary prize winners, including the Nobel, Man Booker, and Pulitzer prizes, have all been updated and there is also a timeline, chronicling the development of English literature from c. 1000 to the present day. Many entries feature recommended web links, which are listed and regularly updated on a dedicated companion website. Written originally by a team of more than 140 distinguished authors and extensively updated for this new edition, this book provides an essential point of reference for English students, teachers, and all other readers of literature in English.