The plays and poems of Nicholas Rowe / general editor, Stephen Bernard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718, author.

Contributor:

Bernard, Stephen, 1975-

Bullard, Rebecca, 1979-

Caines, Michael.

Lockwood, Joe.

McTague, John, 1983-

Series:

Pickering masters.

Pickering Masters Series

Standardized Title:

Works

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718--Criticism and interpretation.

Rowe, Nicholas.

Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2017-

Summary:

Nicholas Rowe was the first Poet Laureate of the Georgian era. A fascinating and important yet largely overlooked figure in eighteenth-century literature, he is the 'lost Augustan'. His plays are important both for the way they address the political and social concerns of the day and for reflecting a period in which the theatre was in crisis. This edition sets out to demonstrate Rowe's mastery of the early eighteenth century theatre, especially his providing significant roles for women, and examines the political and historical stances of his plays. It also highlights his work as a translator, which was both innovative and deeply in tune with current practices as exemplified by John Dryden and Alexander Pope. This is the first scholarly edition of all Rowe's plays and poems and is accompanied by 15 musical scores and 31 black and white illustrations. In this first volume, a general introduction by Stephen Bernard and Michael Caines introduces Rowe's works and the five volumes that comprise this set. It then presents the early plays, The Ambitious Step-Mother, Tamerlane , and The Fair Penitent along with a newly written explanatory introduction by Rebecca Bullard and John McTague which precedes the full edited text. Appendices covering dedications performance history, the related music and textual apparatus are also included. A consolidated bibliography is included with the final volume for ease of reference.

Contents:

v. I. The early plays / edited by Rebecca Bullard and John McTague

volume II. The middle period plays

volume III. The late plays

volume IV. Poems and Lucan's Pharsalia (Books I-III)

volume V. Lucan's Pharsalia (Books IV-X).

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781134981007

1134981007

9781315537566

1315537567

9781134980932

1134980930

OCLC:

966385907