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Hace 4 días · Researcher's projects. Ian Higgins is a founding general editor of The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jonathan Swift (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008 - in progress) which is his main ongoing research project. He is co-editing three volumes for the Cambridge Swift project: two volumes of Swift's Writings on Religion and ...
Hace 5 días · Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet. Scott led a highly active literary and social life during these years. In 1808 his 18-volume edition of the works of John Dryden appeared, followed by his 19-volume edition of Jonathan Swift (1814) and other works.
Hace 3 días · To draw a fame so truly circular? For in a round what order can be show'd, Where all the parts so equal perfect are? His grandeur he derived from Heaven alone; For he was great ere fortune made him so: And wars, like mists that rise against the sun, Made him but greater seem, not greater grow. No borrow'd bays his temples did adorn,
Hace 1 día · William Shakespeare (c. 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor.He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard").His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long ...
Hace 3 días · This volume in the 21st Century Oxford Authors series offers students an authoritative, comprehensive selection of the poetry and prose of John Dryden, the most important poet, dramatist, translator, and literary theorist of the later seventeenth century.
Hace 5 días · Peter Cunningham records the fact that Sir Joshua Reynolds's portrait of Sheridan was engraved by a resident in this street, John Hall, a man of some little fame in his day. The only building in this street which merits special mention is St. Luke's Church.
Hace 2 días · Dryden Theatre. Crashing Into the ‘60s | Bond in the ‘60s Departing from series continuity and starring fresh-faced model George Lazenby in his only appearance as Agent 007, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is often viewed as the oddball stepsister of the Bond franchise.
