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Six Gothic Dramas (De Monfort, Orra, The Dream, The Family Legend, The Phantom, Witchcraft) (Valancourt Classics)
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ASIN: 0979233208 |
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A melancholy nobleman, consumed with hatred, commits a brutal murder. A beautiful woman is imprisoned by her abusive guardian in a haunted castle, driving her mad. A prophetic dream leads a group of monks to a buried corpse and leads to justice for the murderer. A family feud drives a clan to strand a rival on a rock to be drowned by the rising tide. A joyful wedding turns sinister when a ghost appears to reveal the tragic secret of her death. A group of women, condemned as witches, are doomed to be burnt at the stake.These are the plots of the six plays in this collection by Scottish dramatist Joanna Baillie. Baillie (1762-1851) was regarded by many in her day as the greatest female English-language poet, and second as a dramatist only to Shakespeare. Recently rediscovered by scholars after nearly a century and a half of neglect, Baillie is now recognised as one of the finest of Romantic-era playwrights. This new edition features the complete text of six of her best plays, four of them reprinted here for the first time since 1851. Also included is a new introduction by Christine Colon, discussing Baillie's life and works, and arguing that Baillie used the Gothic in innovative ways in her drama in order to explore controversial issues such as changing definitions of masculinity and femininity, shifting political alliances, and evolving ideas of Christianity.
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The Collected Letters of Joanna Baillie
Joanna Baillie Manufacturer: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Authors
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ASIN: 0838638120 |
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Plays on the Passions (Broadview Literary Texts)
Joanna Baillie Manufacturer: Broadview Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback British
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ASIN: 1551111853 |
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Baillie's eminently readable dramas stand at the crossroads of the Scottish Enlightenment and early Romanticism, and compellingly engage with questions of women's rights. Her exploration of the passions, first published in 1798, is here reissued with a wealth of contextual materials including "The Introductory Discourse," Baillie's own brand of feminist literary criticism. The three plays included here are "Count Basil: A Tragedy," and "The Tryal: A Comedy," which show love from opposing perspectives; and "De Monfort: A Tragedy," which explores the drama of hate.Baillie's work is enjoying a revival of interest. She lived a long life, (1762-1851), and had a wide circle of literary friends including Maria Edgeworth and Sir Walter Scott (who termed her a "female Shakespeare"). Scottish born, she moved to England in her twenties where she then resided. Her Plays on the Passions, alternatively known as A Series of Plays in which it is Attempted to Delineate the Stronger Passions of the Mind - Each Passion being the Subject of a Tragedy and Comedy was produced in three volumes between 1798 and 1812. The first volume created quite a stir amongst the literary circles of London and Edinburgh when introduced anonymously. The speculation into the authorship concluded two years later when Baillie came forward as the writer of the collection, thereby causing a subsequent sensation since no one had considered the shy spinster a candidate in the mystery.
Among other appendices, the Broadview edition includes materials on the contemporary philosophical understanding of the passions, and contemporary reviews.
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Poems, &c. (1790) Wherein It Is Attempted To Describe Certain Views Of Nature And Of Rustic Manners; And Also, To Point Out, In Some Instances, The Different ... Produce On Different Characters
Joanna Baillie Manufacturer: Hard Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1406949388 |
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Poems, &c.
Joanna Baillie Manufacturer: IndyPublish ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Anthologies
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Miscellaneous plays,
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ASIN: B0006AQ666 |
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An Outline of the Idealistic Construction of Experience
Joanna Baillie Manufacturer: Adamant Media Corporation ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback General
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ASIN: 1402186215 Release Date: 2000-11-17 |
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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1906 edition by Macmillan and Co., Ltd., London.|
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Collection of Poems Chiefly Manuscript 1
Joanna Baillie Manufacturer: LONGMAN HURST REES ORME ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000PVT29E |
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A Collection Of Poems: Chiefly Manuscript And From Living Authors
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1432541323 |
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.|
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Joanna Baillie: A Selection of Poems and Plays (The Pickering Women's Classics)
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