Eliot, T. S. The Sacred Wood. Methuen; Barnes and Noble.
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| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Mary Elizabeth Coleridge | Most of the stories are reprinted from periodicals. The book also includes excerpts from s and journal entries, as well as notes taken during Greek classes with William Cory
, and six unpublished poems. A... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Ruth Padel | |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Anna Brownell Jameson | The fragments consider the art criticism of Ruskin
and the philosophies of Carlyle
on the question of happiness. Others concern her Anglican faith, sexism in the profession of writing, Joan of Arc
, and her... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | T. S. Eliot | His introduction defines the critic's business as to see literature steadily and to see it whole. This, he argues, involves preserving tradition |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Noel Streatfeild | NS
opened here a new field in fiction for children: that of the serious work and ambition necessary for even the youngest recruits to the world of theatre and ballet. Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford. |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Lucy Toulmin Smith | In providing readers with a guide to understanding Shakespeare
's plays, Smith takes a lively approach: at one point she warns her readers that Falstaff, it must be said, is not always fit company for... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Rebecca West | This series of essays grapples with the relation of the human will to religious and civil authority, as illustrated in various masterpieces of Western literature. British Book News. British Council. (1958): 739 |
| Textual Production | Edna St Vincent Millay | At fifteen, in spring 1907, Vincent Millay began keeping a diary which she entitled Rosemary (in reference to memory, implicitly to Ophelia's words in Shakespeare
's Hamlet: There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray you... |
| Textual Production | Agatha Christie | AC
published Absent in the Spring, another novel under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, which she had written within three days in July 1943. The title comes from a sonnet by Shakespeare Benstock, Bernard, and Thomas F. Staley, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 77. Gale Research. 69 |
| Textual Production | Charlotte Maria Tucker | Her pupils (all boys) were said to love the songs and plays she wrote for them. One of the plays was The Bee and the Butterfly; one of the songs went What is it... |
| Textual Production | Mary Cowden Clarke | MCC
and her husband
began work on a commission from Cassell and Co.
for an annotated edition of Shakespeare
. Clarke, Mary Cowden. My Long Life. Dodd, Mead. 160 |
| Textual Production | Christopher St John | After Terry's death in 1928, St John engaged in literary as well as theatrical memorial work of various kinds. She edited Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw
: a Correspondence, 1931, edited and provided an... |
| Textual Production | Margaret Atwood | Awad, Mona. “Art to enchant”. The Globe and Mail, p. R11. |
| Textual Production | Naomi Jacob | NJ
published a novel entitled Barren Metal (a title taken from a speech of Antonio in Shakespeare
's The Merchant of Venice). TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive. (21 March 1936): 242 Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true. |
| Textual Production | Mollie Panter-Downes | MPD
first intended to call this book The Vanished House, as if one casualty of the war was the once ordered and modestly luxurious middle-class family house which, however, had needed a staff of... |
Timeline
About March 1681: Nahum Tate's re-written version of Shakespeare's...
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About March 1681
Nahum Tate
's re-written version of Shakespeare
's tragedyKing Lear was staged in London; it was printed the same year.
1702: An Act to Oblige Jews to Maintain and Provide...
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1702
An Act to Oblige Jews to Maintain and Provide for their Protestant Children forbade Jewish fathers from disinheriting daughters who (like Jessica in William ShakespeareThe Merchant of Venice) converted to Christianity.
Kerrigan, John. “Fathers Who Live Too Long”. London Review of Books, Vol.
35
, No. 17, pp. 18-19. 18
20 May 1707: Jacob Tonson the elder signed the first of...
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20 May 1707
Jacob Tonson
the elder signed the first of two copyright agreements giving him sole right in Shakespeare
's plays.
10 April 1710: An Act for the Encouragement of Learning...
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10 April 1710
An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (later called the Copyright Act), passed in 1709, became effective.
6 December 1718: Nicholas Rowe, playwright, translator, and...
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6 December 1718
Nicholas Rowe
, playwright, translator, and editor of Shakespeare
, died after four years in the post of Poet Laureate.
2 July 1737: The Opposition paper The Craftsman published...
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2 July 1737
The Opposition paper The Craftsman published excerpts from Shakespeare
's King John which were designed to reflect obloquy on the conduct of George II
.
Late 1737 to spring 1738: A group of women calling themselves Shakespeare's...
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Late 1737 to spring 1738
A group of women calling themselves Shakespeare
's Ladies persuaded the two licensed playhouses in London to stage many of Shakespeare
's long-neglected plays.
By February 1741: A monument was erected by subscription to...
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By February 1741
A monument was erected by subscription to the memory of Shakespeare
in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey.
1767: At auctions of copyright, Richardson's Clarissa...
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1767
At auctions of copyright, Richardson
's Clarissa was valued at £600, but Addison
and Steele
's Spectator at £1,300, Shakespeare
at £1,800, and Pope
at £4,400.
14 October 1769: Garrick's afterpiece The Jubilee opened at...
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14 October 1769
Garrick
's afterpieceThe Jubilee opened at Drury Lane
, where it enjoyed the record run of the century: ninety performances in one season.
20 June 1787: Actor John Palmer briefly opened the first...
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20 June 1787
Actor John Palmer
briefly opened the first new London theatre since 1732: the Royalty
in Well Street.
By 1 May 1789: John Boydell opened his Shakespeare Gallery,...
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By 1 May 1789
John Boydell
opened his Shakespeare Gallery
, an exhibition of British artists' renderings of scenes from Shakespeare
.
29 November 1790: Edmond Malone, who in 1778 had published...
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29 November 1790
Edmond Malone
, who in 1778 had published the first serious attempt at a date order for Shakespeare's plays, followed that with his immensely learned edition of Shakespeare
, which set the standards for later scholarship.
2 April 1796: Vortigern and Rowena, allegedly a newly-discovered...
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2 April 1796
Vortigern and Rowena, allegedly a newly-discovered tragedy by Shakespeare
but actually written by William Henry Ireland
, opened under Richard Brinsley Sheridan
's management at Drury Lane
.
November 1802: Thomas Holcroft's "A Tale of Mystery", produced...
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November 1802
Thomas Holcroft
's "A Tale of Mystery", produced at Covent Garden
, formally introduced melodrama to the English stage.
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