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almafu_9960118619002883
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1 online resource (clxiv, 819 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-108-57844-6
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1-107-70601-7
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Works
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This is the first ever complete critical edition of the writings of Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661-1720), including work printed in her lifetime and material left in manuscript form at her death. Textual analysis, based on print and manuscript copies in repositories across the United Kingdom and the United States, reveals her revision processes and uses of manuscript and print. Extensive commentary clarifies her techniques, sources, contexts, and diction. A detailed essay traces the history of her works' reception and transmission. The result is a complete view of her achievements that will promote more accurate assessments of her contributions to literary and cultural shifts, including perspectives on literary value, women's equality, religion, and affairs of state. This first volume provides established texts of Finch's early manuscript books, including Poems on Several Subjects and Miscellany Poems with Two Plays written under her pen name, Ardelia.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jun 2021).
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Cover -- Half-title page -- Series page -- Frontispiece -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- List of Abbreviations -- Note -- General Introduction -- Claudia Thomas Kairoff, Jennifer Keith, and Jean I. Marsden -- Previous Editions and Selections -- Some Conditions of Production -- The Early Manuscripts: Contents and Arrangement -- Biographical Contexts -- Early Years -- Court Years and Marriage -- Friends and Relations -- After the Revolution -- Another Cataclysm -- Poetic Contexts -- Devotional Poetry -- The Ode -- The Song -- Love Poetry -- Satire -- Fables -- Occasional Verse -- The Plays -- The Triumphs of Love and Innocence -- Aristomenes or the Royal Shepheard -- Textual Introduction -- The Present Edition: Contents and Editorial Procedures -- Presentation of the Texts, Explanatory and Textual Notes -- Account of the Texts -- The Northamptonshire Manuscript -- The Folger Manuscript -- Works Excluded from this Edition -- From "Poems on Several Subjects Written by Ardelia" (The Northamptonshire Manuscript) -- On my Selfe -- A letter to Mr Finch from Tunbridgewells August 17th 1685. -- The Grove Written when I was a Maid of Honour -- A Maxim for the Ladys Translated from the French of Monsieur de Bussy -- Reflections upon part of the 8th. verse of the 148. Psalm. Winds and storms fullfilling his Word. In a Pindarick Poem upon the late Hurrycane Concluding with an Hymn Compos'd of the 148th. Psalm Paraphras'd -- "Miscellany Poems with Two Plays by Ardelia" (The Folger Manuscript) -- To the most Ingenious Mrs: Finch On her incomperable Poems. -- An Epistle, From Mrs: Randolph To Mrs: Finch -- upon her presenting her with some of her Poems. -- The Preface -- The Introduction -- From the French translation of the Aminta of Tasso.
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From the French translation of the Aminta of Tasso, part of the description of the golden Age. -- A song of the Canibals, out of Mountains Essays -- done into English Verse, paraphrased. -- A Letter to Dafnis April: 2d: 1685 -- A Letter to Flavio -- To my Sister Ogle Decbr-31-1688- -- Ardelia's answer to Ephelia, who had invited Her to come to her in Town - reflecting on the Coquetterie & -- detracting humour of the Age -- To a Freind In praise of the invention of writing Letters -- Clarinda's indifference At Parting with her Beauty -- From the Muses, at Parnassus (a Hill so call'd in Eastwell Park) To the Right Honble: the Ldy: Maidston on my Lord Winchilsea's Birthday -- The Bird -- Ardelia to Melancholy -- The Losse -- The Consolation -- Cæsar and Brutus -- To the Eccho, In a clear night upon Astrop walks -- The Tree -- On the Lord Dundee -- A Maxim for the Lady stranslated from Monsr. du Bussy -- Written before a French Book entitl'd Les moyens de se guerir de L'Amour -- Freindship Between Ephelia and Ardelia -- The Change -- A Miller, his Son, and their Asse. A Fable Translated from Monsr: de la Fontaine -- From the French, of the 188th: Sonnet of Petrarc -- Melinda on an insipped Beauty In immitation of a fragment of Sapho's -- Ralpho's Reflections Upon the Anniversary of his Wedding -- A Song for a Play Alcander to Melinda. -- A Song Melinda to Alcander -- A Song ("By Love persu'd") -- A Song ("Miranda, hides her") -- A Song ("Whilst Thirsis") -- A Song ("Persuade me not") -- Jealousie A Song. -- A Song ("Love, thou art best") -- A Song On greife sett by Mr: Estwick -- A Song ("Quickly Delia") -- A Song ("'Tis strange, this heart") -- A Song ("The Nymph in vain") -- The Bargain A Song In dialogue between Bacchus and Cupid -- A Song for my Brother Les: Finch Upon a Punch Bowl -- A Song ("If for a Woman") -- A Song ("Lett the fool").
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A Song ("Strephon, whose Person") -- A Moral Song ("Wou'd we attain") -- On Absence From the Maxims of Bussy -Rabutin- -- An Epistle From Alexander to Ephestion in his Sicknesse. -- An Invitation to Dafnis To leave his study and usual Employments - Mathematicks Painting & -- c and to take the Pleasures of the feilds with Ardelia - -- The Circuit of Appollo -- Upon my Lord WINCHILSEA's converting the Mount in his Garden to a Terras, And other Alterations, and Improvements, In His House, Park, and Gardens. -- An Epistle, From Ardelia To Mrs: Randolph, In answer to her Poem, upon Her Verses. -- Upon the Death Of the Right Honorable William Lord Maidston Who was a Volonteere in the Sol-bay Fight And kill'd by a random Shott After the fight was over And the Fleets parted On May the 28th: 1672. -- A Prologue, To Don Carlos -- Acted by Yong Ladys. Anno 1696. -- Jealousie is the Rage of a Man. -- The Spleen -- To Daphnis, Who going abroad, had disired Ardelia to write some verses, upon whatever subject she thought fitt, against his return in the Evening. -- Some Peices out of the First Act of the Aminta Of Tasso -- Dafne's answer to Silvia, declaring she shoulde steem all as Enemies who shou'd talk to her of Love, or endeavour to persuade Her from her Virgin life. -- Amintor being ask'd by Thirsis who is the Object of his Love speaks as follows -- Thirsis persuades Amintor not to dispair, upon the Predictions of Mopsus, discovering him to be an Impostor. -- Verses, incerted in a Letter to my Lady Thanet -- being an enquiry after Peace -- and shewing that what the World generally persues, is contrary to it. -- The Triumphs of Love and Innocence: A Tragecomedy -- An Advertisment. -- Aristomenes or the Royal Shepheard a Tragedy -- Prologue To my Lord Winchilsea, upon the first reading the Play to him, at Eastwell in Kent -- Epilogue.
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A Song designd to have been brought into the part between Climander and Herminia -- Aditional Poems cheifly Upon Subjects DEVINE and MORAL -- Psalm the 137th: paraphras'd to the 7th: Verse -- A preparation to Prayer -- A Pastoral Between Menalcus and Damon on The appearance of the Angels to the Shepheardson Our Saviour's Birth-Day -- On Easter Day -- Hallelujah -- Some Reflections In a Dialogue Between Teresa, and Ardelia. On the 2d. & -- 3d. Verses, of the 73d: Psalm. -- To Death -- The 10th: part of the 119th: Psalm paraphrased, In the manner of a Prayer from the 1st: to the 6th: Verse -- The 146th. Psalm Paraphras'd -- Gold is try'd in the fire, and acceptable men, in the time of Adversity -- On Affliction -- The Poor man's Lamb. or Nathan's Parable to David, After the murther of Uriah, and his mariage with Bathsheba. turn'd into Verse, and Paraphrased. -- The Second Chapter of the Wisdom of Solomon, Paraphrased. The first twelve Verses, being an Introduction. -- The Petition For an Absolute Retreat. Inscribed To the Right Honorable Catharine Countesse of THANET -- mention'd in the Poem, under the Name of ARMINDA -- Upon the Death Of Sir William Twisden. -- All is Vanity -- A Poem For the BIRTH DAY Of the Right Honorable The Lady CATHERINE TUFTON Occasion'd by sight of some Verses upon that Subject For the preceding Year compos'd by no Eminent hand. -- To Dr: Waldron A Fellow of Allsouls Colledge in Oxford Who in a Letter acknowledg'd his mistake In having lefte that Society & -- the Muses to follow the Practise of Phisick. -- A Pastoral Dialogue Between two Shepheardesses -- Cupid and Folly A Fable Immittated from the French -- Adam Pos'd -- The Appology -- Upon Ardelia's return home (after too long a walk in Eastwell-Park) in a Water Cart driven by one of the Under-Keepers in his Green Coat, with a Hazle-Bough for a Whip. July. 1689.
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A Sigh -- Life's Progresse -- The Equipage Written originally in French By L'Abbé Reigner -- The unequal Fetters -- Timely Advice to Dorinda -- The cautious Lovers -- A Poem. Occasion'd by the sight of the 4th: Epistle Liber Epistolarum 1. of Horace -- Immitated and Inscrib'd to Richard Thornhill Esq by Mr Rowe, who had before sent heither, another Translation from Horace. -- To the Honorable The Lady Worsley at Long-Leate Who had most obligingly desired my Corresponding with her by Letters -- Honour A Song. -- The Goute and Spider A Fable Immitated from Monsr. de la Fontaine And Inscribed to Mr: Finch After his first Fitt of that Distemper -- Love Death and Reputation A Fable -- Alcidor -- The King and the Shepheard A Fable Immitated from the French -- There's no To-morrow A Fable From L'Estrange -- Jupiter and the Farmer: A Fable -- For the Better A Fable. -- The Jester, and the little Fishes, A Fable, Immitated from the French. -- An Invocation to Sleep -- Hope. -- Some occasional Reflections Digested (thô not with great regularity) into a Poem -- To the Nightingale -- Verses written under the King of Sweden's Picture. -- To the Rt. Honble the Lady C- Tufton upon Adressing to me the first Letter that Ever she writt -at the Age of -- -- Upon the Death of King James the Second -- Explanatory and Textual Notes -- List of Source Copies -- Selected Bibliography -- Index of First Lines -- Index of Titles.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-06860-6
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107706019
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