The great English baroque house of Seaton Delaval Hall was still in the future, but the Delaval family was rising. ED
's father-in-law, Sir Ralph Delaval
, had been created a baronet ten years before...
Reception
Aphra Behn
The Rover brought AB
to the notice of the Duke of York
.
Todd, Janet. The Secret Life of Aphra Behn. Rutgers University Press, 1997.
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Well received at first, and popular on stage for more than fifty years, it nevertheless showed less durability than the comedies...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Constantia Grierson
CG
praises Barber for writing non-heroic poetry, for her useful motives, her power to move, and the purity of her work. (Writers she mentions with asterisks as having cause to regret the bad moral effect...
Timeline
March 1664: George Etherege's first play, The Comical...
Writing climate item
March 1664
George Etherege
's first play, The Comical Revenge, or Love in a Tub, opened on stage.
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.
Probably 11 March 1676: George Etherege's final comedy, The Man of...
Writing climate item
Probably 11 March 1676
George Etherege
's final comedy, The Man of Mode, was first performed.
Watson, George, and Ian Roy Wilson, editors. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press, 1969, 5 vols., http://U of A, HSS Ruth N Flr 1 Ref.
