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The world of Elizabeth Inchbald : essays on literature, culture, and theatre in the long eighteenth century /

This collection centers on the remarkable life and career of the writer and actor Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821), active in Great Britain in the late eighteenth century. Inspired by the example of Inchbald's biographer, Annibel Jenkins (1918-2013), the contributors explore the broad historical...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ennis, Daniel James, 1970- (Editor), Johnson, E. Joe (Edward Joe) (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Newark : University of Delaware Press, [2022].
Subjects:
Inchbald, > Mrs., > 1753-1821 > Criticism and interpretation.
Inchbald, > Mrs., > 1753-1821 > Influence.
Jenkins, Annibel.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Theater > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Great Britain > Civilization > 18th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Inchbald for our time / Misty G. Anderson
  • The structure of fable in Inchbald's Nature and art / Martha F. Bowden
  • Narratives of emerging markets and mercantilist mappings in Defoe's London / Mita Choudhury
  • Thomas Jefferson's sojourn in NĂ®mes : revolutionary politics and architecture / Robert M. Craig
  • "Uncle to all the world" : the virtual afterlives of Captain Tobias Shandy, 1831-1948 / W. B. Gerard
  • "My business ashore" : libertine conduct and maritime context in The rover / Randa Graves
  • Speaking through the prophets : Anne Finch, politics, and religion / Claudia Thomas Kairoff
  • "That unnatural mixture" : nostalgia and anxiety in late restoration tragicomedy / Cynthia J. Lowenthal
  • Speculum Mundi : caricature and the stage / Heather McPherson
  • "Hazardous purchasing almost anything" : the intriguing relationship of the Wartons, subscription lists, and the eighteenth-century book trade / Hugh Reid
  • After the Great War : the Restoration and eighteenth century on the London stage, 1919-1929 / John Vance
  • One of Thomas Bray's apostles of literacy : Thomas Bacon / Calhoun Winton
  • The world of the world / Annibel Jenkins
  • Afterword: Dr. Jenkins and Mrs. Inchbald / Paula R. Backscheider
  • Her worded world : a tribute to Annibel Jenkins / Don Russ.