{"title":"Plays, playscripts","description":"Books on the subject of Plays, playscripts","products":[{"product_id":"the-cambridge-edition-of-the-works-of-anne-finch-countess-of-winchilsea-2-volume-hardback-set-9780521196222","title":"The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea 2 Volume Hardback Set () 9780521196222","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Edition of the Works of Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea 2 Volume Hardback Set\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first ever complete critical edition of the works of Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661–1720).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnne Finch (Author), Jennifer Keith (Edited by), Claudia Thomas Kairoff (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521196222, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e, published 6 May 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1400 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.3 x 14.3 x 10 cm, 2.38 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The two-volume Cambridge Edition of the Works of Anne Finch: Countess of Winchelsea allows us to imagine an alternative Age of Finch. The editors, Claudia Kairoff and Jennifer Keith, have completed with astonishing thoroughness, sensitivity, and seriousness one of the landmark pieces of eighteenth-century scholarship of this century … Against centuries of incomplete attention to Finch, Keith and Kairoff have “redeemed” her in a triumphant act of feminist intervention and recovery.' Andrew Black, Digital Defoe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is the first ever complete critical edition of the writings of Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661–1720), including work printed in her lifetime and material left in manuscript form at her death. Textual analysis, based on print and manuscript copies in repositories across the United Kingdom and United States, reveals her revision processes and uses of manuscript and print. Extensive commentary clarifies her techniques, sources, contexts, and diction. A detailed essay traces the history of her works' reception and transmission. The result is a complete view of her achievements that will promote more accurate assessments of her contributions to literary and cultural shifts, including perspectives on literary value, women's equality, religion, and affairs of state. Writer and critic of the Glorious Revolution, Finch imparts rare insights into this watershed of political and cultural values. Her work represents a complex convergence of artistic innovation, political allegiance, and personal passion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eVolume 1: List of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface and acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Chronology\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Note\u003cbr\u003e General introduction Claudia Thomas Kairoff, Jennifer Keith and Jean I. Marsden\u003cbr\u003e Textual introduction Jennifer Keith\u003cbr\u003e Account of the texts Jennifer Keith\u003cbr\u003e Works excluded from this edition Molly Hand and Jennifer Keith\u003cbr\u003e From Poems on Several Subjects written by Ardelia (The Northamptonshire Manuscript)\u003cbr\u003e Miscellany Poems with Two Plays by Ardelia (The Folger Manuscript)\u003cbr\u003e Some Pieces out of the First Act of the Aminta of Tasso\u003cbr\u003e The Triumphs of Love and Innocence: A Tragecomedy\u003cbr\u003e Aristomenes, or the Royal Shepheard: A Tragedy\u003cbr\u003e Additional Poems Cheifly upon Subjects Devine and Moral\u003cbr\u003e Explanatory and textual notes\u003cbr\u003e List of source copies\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index of titles\u003cbr\u003e Index of first lines. Volume 2: List of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface and acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Chronology\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Note\u003cbr\u003e General introduction Claudia Thomas Kairoff and Jennifer Keith\u003cbr\u003e Textual introduction Jennifer Keith\u003cbr\u003e Account of the texts Jennifer Keith and R. Carter Hailey\u003cbr\u003e From Miscellany Poems, on Several Occasions\u003cbr\u003e The Wellesley Manuscript\u003cbr\u003e Additional Poems\u003cbr\u003e Explanatory and textual notes\u003cbr\u003e Correspondence\u003cbr\u003e A reception and transmission history of Finch's work: illustrative cases from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries Rachel Bowman\u003cbr\u003e List of source copies\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index of titles\u003cbr\u003e Index of first lines.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Gender studies: women [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Gender studies: women\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Gender%20studies:%20women%20%5BJFSJ1%5D%22\"\u003eJFSJ1\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20plays%20\u0026amp;%20playwrights%20%5BDSG%5D%22\"\u003eDSG\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20poetry%20\u0026amp;%20poets%20%5BDSC%5D%22\"\u003eDSC\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201500%20to%20c%201800%20%5BDSBD%5D%22\"\u003eDSBD\u003c\/a\u003e], Plays, playscripts [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Plays, playscripts\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Plays,%20playscripts%20%5BDD%5D%22\"\u003eDD\u003c\/a\u003e], Poetry by individual poets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Poetry by individual poets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Poetry%20by%20individual%20poets%20%5BDCF%5D%22\"\u003eDCF\u003c\/a\u003e], Diaries, letters \u0026amp; journals [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Diaries, letters \u0026amp; journals\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Diaries,%20letters%20\u0026amp;%20journals%20%5BBJ%5D%22\"\u003eBJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004648804632,"sku":"9780521196222","price":215.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521196222i_dd788a08-cbf5-4828-bfc4-5edf8bab54ef.jpg?v=1691373801"},{"product_id":"othello-hardback-9781107129085","title":"Othello (Hardback) 9781107129085","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOthello\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe third New Cambridge edition of Shakespeare's Othello, updated by Christina Luckyj for the contemporary student reader.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Shakespeare (Author), Norman Sanders (Edited by), Christina Luckyj (Introduction by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107129085, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 April 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e252 pages, 15 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.6 cm, 0.53 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis third edition of Othello offers a completely new introduction by Christina Luckyj, providing readers with a nuanced understanding of early modern theatre and culture, and demonstrating how careful attention to Shakespeare's language, staging and dramaturgy can open up fresh interpretations of the play. Tracing critical and performance trends up to the present day, Luckyj shows how the drama taps into contemporary cultural paradoxes surrounding blackness, marriage, and politics to create a powerful double perspective, illuminating the creative and destructive power of stories and of human love itself. Supplemented by an updated reading list and extensive illustrations, this edition also features revised commentary notes, offering the very best in contemporary criticism of this great tragedy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Note on the text\u003cbr\u003e List of characters\u003cbr\u003e The play\u003cbr\u003e Supplementary notes\u003cbr\u003e Textual analysis\u003cbr\u003e Reading list.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20plays%20\u0026amp;%20playwrights%20%5BDSG%5D%22\"\u003eDSG\u003c\/a\u003e], Shakespeare plays [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Shakespeare plays\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Shakespeare%20plays%20%5BDDS%5D%22\"\u003eDDS\u003c\/a\u003e], Plays, playscripts [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Plays, playscripts\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Plays,%20playscripts%20%5BDD%5D%22\"\u003eDD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005810233624,"sku":"9781107129085","price":61.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107129085i_8a444907-94e6-4f6a-9a17-95894a2912a4.jpg?v=1696793606"},{"product_id":"the-cambridge-edition-of-the-works-of-anne-finch-countess-of-winchilsea-hardback-9781107068650","title":"The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (Hardback) 9781107068650","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Edition of the Works of Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis second volume of the works of Anne Finch presents previously unpublished poems and letters alongside works in Finch's authorised print volume.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnne Finch (Author), Jennifer Keith (Edited by), Claudia Thomas Kairoff (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107068650, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 May 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e798 pages, 7 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.3 x 14.4 x 4.7 cm, 1.07 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'One of the many virtues of the splendid new edition - the fullest ever presentation of Finch's oeuvre - is that it displays more clearly than ever before the extraordinary diversity, versatility, and virtuosity of her talents. The edition is beautifully printed, stoutly bound, and the pages are properly sewn in sections. The edition will be an essential purchase for all serious libraries …' David Hopkins, The Review of English Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is the first ever complete critical edition of the writings of Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661–1720), including work printed in her lifetime and material left in manuscript form at her death. Textual analysis, based on print and manuscript copies in repositories across the United Kingdom and United States, reveals her revision processes and uses of manuscript and print. Extensive commentary clarifies her techniques, sources, contexts, and diction. A detailed essay traces the history of her works' reception and transmission. The result is a complete view of her achievements that will promote more accurate assessments of her contributions to literary and cultural shifts, including perspectives on literary value, women's equality, religion, and affairs of state. This second volume provides established texts of Finch's later collections in print and manuscript form, Miscellany Poems, on Several Occasions (1713) and The Wellesley Manuscript, as well as uncollected poems and letters.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface and acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Chronology\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Note\u003cbr\u003e General introduction Claudia Thomas Kairoff and Jennifer Keith\u003cbr\u003e Textual introduction Jennifer Keith\u003cbr\u003e Account of the texts Jennifer Keith and R. 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